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Asia/Taipei |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
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Africa/Niamey |
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UTC+1 |
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Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Xinshe is located in the northern part of Taichung City, Taiwan, China, and is a typical township combining agriculture and tourism. With a suitable climate at an altitude of about 500 meters, it is known as the back garden of Taichung. The locality is famous for its high cash crops such as loquats, grapes, and shiitake mushrooms, which account for an important proportion of the annual production in Taiwan.
The Xinshe Flower Festival is the largest flower-viewing event in Taiwan, attracting more than a million visitors every winter. Attractions such as the Zhongxinsha Manor and the Muxinquan Leisure Farm offer ecological experiences, while the Bailengshen Historic Water Conservancy Project is an important cultural asset. Local lodgings and specialty restaurants (such as mushroom cuisine) form a complete tourism industry chain.
It takes about 40 minutes by car from Taichung City and is adjacent to Dongshi and Shigang districts, with convenient transportation to the Guguan Hot Spring area. Highway 21 is the main connecting road, which is suitable for planning a day trip to Taichung Mountain City.
Diffa, the capital of the Diffa region in southeastern Niger, is located on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and shares a border with Nigeria, making it one of the most important border cities in Niger. The city is located in the lower Niger River basin around the climate of the tropical desert climate, hot and dry throughout the year, the average annual precipitation is less than 300 millimeters. The economy is based on agriculture and animal husbandry, and the surrounding areas are rich in millet, sorghum and livestock. Diffa, as a regional trade center, undertakes the function of cross-border trade with neighboring countries, such as Nigeria, and is especially famous for the trade of livestock, agricultural products and handicrafts. The city is culturally diverse, with Hausa, Tuareg and Kanuri ethnic groups living in the area, and is unique in its crafts such as traditional leather weaving and silversmithing. Despite infrastructural challenges, Diffa remains an important economic and cultural node in the south-east of the Niger, thanks to its strategic location and rich cultural heritage.