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'''Touxian''' is a city in [[Daxia]] and the capital and largest city of the eponymous [[Touxian Province]]. Located at the far western end of the [[Shoubi peninsula]], Touxian sits in the coast off the Great Expanse. The city was founded in 1523 during the last period of expansion under the Zhong dynasty, known as the [[Settlement of the Emerald March]]. Touxian served as an important frontier settlement from where expeditions further north were launched, later it was an important garrison and border fortress after the defeat and expulsion of Qian forces from the [[Huoxia|north]] by Tiauska and Hurch nomadic forces. According to the 2030 census the city currently has a population of 510,492 inhabitants making it small by the standards of Daxian regional capitals. Touxian's economy is famously over reliant on the production of quince, almost forty percent of the city's economy is related to the cultivation and commercialization of the fruit and derivated products. In 2010 Touxian declared itself the undisputed ''Quince capital of the world''. The city has served as the venue for several diplomatic gatherings, especially with visiting delegations from the [[Kiravian Federacy]] who are fond of taking selfies at the Quince Monument; the treaty of Touxian codifying the [[Rigo Joint Security Area]] was signed in the city and multiple rounds of negotiations over the [[Ortego islet dispute]] have also been hosted there giving rise to the term 'Quince diplomacy'.