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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.
Located in the eastern part of Western Sahara, in the hinterland of the Sahara Desert and close to the Mauritanian border, Tichla (Tifariti) is a town of strategic importance. The region has an arid climate, is dominated by sand dunes and rocky terrain, and has historically been home to nomadic peoples. An important location in relation to the question of Western Sahara, Tichira is surrounded by refugee camps and political centers, and its sovereignty is disputed, with both Morocco and the Frente Polisario para la Liberación claiming it. Despite the harshness of the natural environment, Tichla and the surrounding area retained the remains of ancient petroglyphs, which bore witness to the long history of human activity in the region and provided a key window into the cultural conflicts and historical lineage of Western Sahara.