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Africa/Windhoek |
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UTC+2 |
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Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
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Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Located in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia, near the Angolan border, Ombalantu is a cultural town famous for its traditional wooden longhouses. The iconic Ombalantu Big Tree House, a 28-meter-high structure made of African acacia wood, dates back to the 19th century and is an important cultural heritage site for the local Ovambo people as it once served as a place of residence, council and ceremony. Today, the Big Tree House has been transformed into a small museum displaying traditional handicrafts, farming tools and folklore history, offering visitors a glimpse into the traditional way of life in northern Namibia. Surrounded by lush vegetation and nourished by seasonal rivers, the town's inhabitants still practice the ancient skills of millet cultivation and hand weaving. As an important point on Namibia's "cultural journey", Ombalantu is an ideal destination to experience the original African culture with its unique wooden house architecture and simple folklore.
Yijiang District is located in the southeast of Anhui Province, one of the main urban areas of Wuhu City, on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and has been an important transportation hub and trade town in the southern Anhui region since ancient times. The name of the district originates from the ancient Yishui (present-day Qingyi River), which has a long history and deep cultural heritage, blending the warmth of the Jiangnan water town with the vitality of modern industry. As the core functional area of Wuhu City, Eagle River District has been focusing on high-end equipment manufacturing, digital economy, modern service industry and other industries in recent years, and has a state-level economic and technological development zone, which is the core plate of the demonstration zone for undertaking industrial transfer in the Wanjiang City Belt. Convenient transportation in the district, the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, the Anhui-Ganzhou Railway, Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway and so on through the territory, and Shanghai, Nanjing, Hefei and other central cities to form a 1-2 hour economic circle. At the same time, Eagle River focuses on ecological livability, relying on the Qingyi River, Zhanghe River and other waterways to create a riverside landscape zone, both the modernization of industrial new towns and the ecological beauty of the city park, is a vivid microcosm of the high-quality development of the southern Anhui region.