Touxian

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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 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.

Touxian
昆斯城
Central Touxian plaza with the Quince Monument
Central Touxian plaza with the Quince Monument
Founded1523
Government
 • MayorQuin Che
Population
 (2027)
 • Total510,492

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