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Merringo is a small outback town in the mid-west of New South Wales, Australia, about 270 kilometers west of Sydney. Famous for its extensive acacia forests and sheep farming, it has a population of about 2,000 and is a typical Australian rural community.
Merringo is located in a semi-arid region surrounded by distinctive eucalypt forests and low hills. Summers are hot and dry and winters are cool, with an average annual rainfall of about 600 millimeters. The nearby Goulburn River National Park offers opportunities for outdoor activities such as hiking and bird watching.
The economy is dominated by agriculture, particularly merino sheep farming and wool production. The town hosts the annual "Merlingo Show" agricultural fair, which attracts participants from the surrounding area and showcases local produce and livestock culture.
The town can be reached by car via the New England Turnpike and is about an hour from the Marches train station. Visitors can experience a farm stay, visit the historic St. John's Anglican Church (built in 1877) and soak up the serenity of the Australian outback.
Yanshan County, belonging to Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, is located in the eastern part of the North China Plain, east of the Bohai Sea, south of Shandong Province, and is a node city at the junction of Hebei and Shandong. Anciently known as "Raoan", the history can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, a rich cultural heritage, is "China's pipeline equipment manufacturing base" and "China's pipe fittings bending capital". Relying on the well-developed manufacturing industry, the company has formed an industrial system dominated by piping equipment and hardware fittings, and its products are exported to all over the world. Within the county, there is the Yanshan Thousand Children's Shrine, which witnesses the history of Xu Fu's eastward journey, and Qingyun Tiefo Temple and other monuments, which integrate the culture of Qilu, Yan and Zhao. As a traditional agricultural county, it produces wheat, corn and other crops. In recent years, it has been actively promoting industrial upgrading, with both industrial strength and humanistic heritage, and is an important growth pole of the Bohai Economic Circle.