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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.
Gumseong is a municipal district of North Pyongan Province, North Korea, located in the northwest of North Korea, bordering Liaoning Province of China, and on the south bank of the middle reaches of the Yalu River. As one of the border cities of the DPRK, Gusong was historically a military fortification, and its name may be derived from the ancient fortifications of the castle that resembled the back of a tortoise.
Gumseong has a mountainous terrain with a temperate monsoon climate, with corn and soybeans as the main agricultural crops, and tungsten, molybdenum and other mineral resources in the surrounding mountains. In terms of industry, there are machinery manufacturing and mineral processing enterprises, and the Gusong Valve Factory is a well-known industrial unit in North Korea. The Cheongchon River flows through the area, which supports agricultural irrigation, but overall economic development is limited by infrastructure conditions.
Gumseong is connected by rail to Sinuiju, the capital of North Pyongan Province, and by road to Chilgang Province. There are ruins of an ancient city from the Goryeo period, and the folk culture is a blend of traditional Korean farming practices and border trade. As a border city between North Korea and China, Gumseong has a certain location value in regional economic cooperation, but its specific development is greatly affected by North Korea's domestic and foreign policies.