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Asia/Hebron |
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UTC+2 |
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UTC+3 |
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Africa/Sao_Tome |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+0 |
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Silwad is a town in the West Bank region of Palestine, part of the Ramallah and Bireh governorates, located about 12 kilometers northeast of the city of Ramallah, in the mountainous area north of Bethlehem, at an altitude of about 870 meters above sea level, and enjoying a pleasant climate with rainy and snowy winters and mild summers. The town has a population of about 15,000, mainly believing in Islam, with a minority of Christians, and the inhabitants speak Arabic as their mother tongue. The economy is based on agriculture, with crops such as olives, grapes, and figs, and some of the inhabitants are engaged in handicrafts and small businesses. Sylvad has a long history, and archaeological discoveries have shown that there has been human activity in the area since the Bronze Age. There are old mosques, churches and traditional stone houses, which have preserved the typical Palestinian rural architectural style, and are one of the most important carriers of traditional Palestinian culture.
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.