Xixia County
Xixia County (simplified Chinese: 西峡; traditional Chinese: 西峽; pinyin: Xīxiá; postal: Sisia) is a county in the southwest of Henan province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west.It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nanyang, and has an area of 3,452 km2 (1,333 sq mi) and a population of 420,000 as of 2002.6000 years ago, there were human settlements within the territory, and throughout history, it was mostly an important county town.Xixia is located at the junction of temperate and subtropical regions, and is the earliest area in China to carry out artificial cultivation of kiwifruit.The unique climate conditions make the macaques produced in Xixia excellent in quality, rich in taste, and high in vitamin C.