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Asia/Shanghai |
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UTC+8 |
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Africa/Ndjamena |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+1 |
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Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Luohe is located in the south-central part of Henan Province, in the middle of the plains of the eastern foothills of the Fuyushan Mountains and the Huaibei Plain, and is an important node city in the Central Plains Economic Zone. As China's first "food city", Luohe is home to famous food companies such as Shuanghui and Nanjiecun, and is known as the "capital of China's food industry".
Luohe has a long history of human activity as early as the Neolithic era, is the location of the Jiahu site, where the unearthed seven-note bone flute is known as the world's earliest playable musical instruments. Sha Li River passes through the city, forming a unique waterfront cityscape, has been awarded the title of National Forest City, National Health City and so on.
Luohe has convenient transportation, with the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway running through the city, and Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport is only an hour's drive away. Food processing, paper making, salt chemical industry constitute its three leading industries, including leisure food production accounted for 1 / 5 of the country, is an important regional logistics center and trade center.
Fada is the capital of the Ennedi region in the eastern part of the African country of Chad, located on the Ennedi Plateau on the southeastern edge of the Sahara Desert. The city is remote, about 800 kilometers from the capital N'Djamena, and is an important regional administrative and commercial center in eastern Chad.
Fada is situated in the arid Sahel region, surrounded by desert and semi-desert landscapes, with unique sandstone landscapes and oasis landscapes. It has a tropical desert climate, with an average annual temperature of about 28°C. Annual precipitation is very low, and the population is dependent on limited groundwater resources.
Fada is a traditional settlement of nomadic pastoralists such as the Toubou, preserving ancient desert cultural traditions. The economy is based on animal husbandry (camels, goats) and date palm cultivation, with ecotourism developing in recent years as a result of the Ennedi Plateau being listed as a World Natural Heritage Site. The city's infrastructure is relatively basic, with traditional marketplaces and simple roads.
As the central hub of the Ennedi region, Fada is connected to the towns of eastern Chad by desert highways and has a small airport. Its strategic location near Chad's borders with Sudan and Libya is important for regional security and cross-border trade.