Huojia County

Huojia County (simplified Chinese: 获嘉; traditional Chinese: 獲嘉; pinyin: Huòjiā) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xinxiang, in the northwest of Henan province, China.

The name Huojia, which means "capturing [Lü] Jia", was used as the county name in 111 BC when Emperor Wu of Han, who on his royal progress at this place, heard Han forces had captured Lü Jia –prime minister of Nanyue kingdom– in the Han–Nanyue War.

As of 2012^[update], this county was divided to nine towns, two townships and one other.

Located in the north of Henan Province, west of Xinxiang City, north of Taihang Mountains, south of the Yellow River, between longitude 113°39′42″~113°44′20″ and latitude 35°9′34″~35°15′37″, with a county area of 473 square kilometers.

Warm temperate continental monsoon climate, average annual frost-free period 221.2 days, average annual rainfall 557.2 mm, average annual snowfall days 14.1 days, average annual sunshine 2058.4 hours. 1986-2004 average annual temperature 14.6 °C, average annual frost-free period 221.2 days, average annual rainfall 557.2 mm, average annual snowfall days 14.1 days, average annual sunshine 2058.4 hours.

There are more than 1,370,000 mu (91,300 hectares) of exploitable agricultural, forestry and grass wasteland in Huojia County, and 570,000 mu (38,000 hectares) of arable land for agricultural use.

The main mineral resources of Huojia County are limestone, iron ore, bauxite and coal. The coal resource reserves amount to 800 million tons and coal bed methane reserves are 20 billion cubic meters.

The county is located in the Yellow River and Haihe River basin, the territory of the big lion flooded river, the communist canal, Dasha River, West Mengjiang River, the people's victory canal and Wujia dry canal, all from the southwest to the northeast flow through the county, "South-North Water Diversion" project is adjacent to the county, the perfect diversion of yellow engineering, abundant water resources.