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Zigui County is located in the west of China's Hubei Province, belonging to the city of Yichang, located in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River on the banks of the Xiling Gorge, is the hometown of Qu Yuan and the Three Gorges Reservoir District, an important county and city. With a total area of 2427 square kilometers and a population of about 400,000, it is mainly mountainous and hilly, with a subtropical monsoon climate and four distinct seasons.
Zigui is the hometown of the great poet Qu Yuan, and organizes the International Dragon Boat Festival and Qu Yuan Cultural Tourism Festival every year. It is also the hometown of Chinese navel oranges, producing zigui navel oranges, with agriculture and cultural tourism as the economic pillars. After the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, Zigui became a key area for resettlement of immigrants in the reservoir area, and the new county town was built along the river with modern facilities.
Well-known attractions include Qu Yuan Temple, Jiuwanxi River, Three Gorges Bamboo Sea, etc. Combined with the Three Gorges Tourist Route, it attracts a large number of tourists. Conveniently accessible via the Hurong Expressway, the Yangtze River waterway and Yichang Three Gorges Airport, it is an important node of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Bu'aale is the capital of the Galguduud region in south-central Somalia, located in the interior of the country about 400 kilometers from the capital city of Mogaza. As the administrative and commercial center of the region, the city's main economic pillar is animal husbandry, and the surrounding areas are rich in livestock such as camels and goats, and trade activities rely on local markets and cross-border trade routes. The climate is savannah, dry and hot throughout the year, with brief precipitation during the rainy season (about April-June). Despite persistent security challenges, Buyale remains an important regional population center, with a population in the hundreds of thousands, predominantly ethnic Somali, speaking Somali and Arabic. In recent years, local authorities and international organizations have been working to restore stability and vitality to the city by progressively rebuilding infrastructure and improving livelihoods.