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Europe/Simferopol |
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UTC+2 |
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Africa/Sao_Tome |
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UTC+0 |
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Rubezhnoye is a major industrial city in the Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, located on the banks of the North Donets River. The city covers an area of about 42 square kilometers and has a population of about 60,000 (2021 data), making it an important chemical and manufacturing center in the Donbass region.
Rubezhnoye was founded in 1906 and developed rapidly as a result of the establishment of chemical plants. The main industries include chemical industry (production of dyes and plastics), machine building and food processing. The city has a railroad junction and a well-developed road network, and was once one of the most important industrial bases in Ukraine.
Since 2014, as a result of the war in Donbass, Rubezhnoye is near the actual demarcation line, the city's infrastructure has suffered severe damage and a large number of residents have been displaced. The city has a temperate continental climate with cold winters and warm summers, and is surrounded by a steppe landscape.
São Tomé and Príncipe is an island country in west-central Africa, consisting of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe and the surrounding islets, with the capital, São Tomé, located in the northeastern part of São Tomé. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, about 200 kilometers from the African continent, the country was colonized by Portugal in the 15th century and became independent in 1975, with Portuguese as the official language and an economy based on agriculture (cocoa, palm oil) and tourism. It should be noted that "Java" is not a city or region of the country; Java is the main island of Indonesia, with cities such as Jakarta and Surabaya, and has nothing to do with São Tomé and Príncipe, possibly due to a confusion of names.