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What is the largest country, by area, that has only one time zone?

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Canada

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Despite spanning five geographical time zones, China has officially operated on a single standard time called Beijing Time since 1949 to promote national unity. This makes it the largest nation in the world by land area to observe only one offset from UTC throughout the entire country.

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