Time Zone |
Asia/Kabul |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+4.5 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Khost is the capital of Khost Province in the eastern province of Afghanistan, adjacent to the Pakistan border, and is one of the major transportation hubs between Afghanistan and South Asia. The city is centered on the Pashtun culture, and the local population is mostly engaged in farming and herding, with fruits (e.g., pomegranates, grapes) and handicrafts as its characteristic products. As a key link between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Khost has played an important role in historical trade and cultural exchanges, but has faced certain challenges to its development in recent years due to the regional situation. Nevertheless, its unique geographical location and multiculturalism have made it a central city in eastern Afghanistan that cannot be ignored.
Dingbian County is located in the northwest of Shaanxi Province, the westernmost part of Yulin City, the junction of the four provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Mongolia, is the transition zone of the Loess Plateau and the Mao Wusu Sandy Land, and has been known as "the chicken listening to the four provinces". This place has a long history, is an important town along the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty, the salt industry has a deep cultural heritage, and the ruins of the ancient salt farms have witnessed the prosperity of the ancient trade and commerce. As a typical temperate continental monsoon climate zone, Dingbian sunshine, day and night temperature difference is large, producing potatoes, buckwheat, oilseeds and other crops, known as "China's potato township". At the same time, the territory is rich in oil, natural gas and other energy resources, is an important national energy and chemical base. In recent years, Dingbian relying on location advantages, the formation of "agriculture, industry, business" synergistic development of the economic pattern, not only is the regional transportation hub, but also a model of ecological governance and green development.