| Ye County | |
| Postal Code: | 467200 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Henan |
| Pushpin Label: | Yexian |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Henan |
| Coordinates: | 33.627°N 113.357°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Henan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pingdingshan |
| Area Total Km2: | 1387 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Total: | 756700 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Ye County or Yexian is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Pingdingshan, Henan province, China, with a population of .
The ancient town of Kunyang was located in Ye County. It was the site of the critical Battle of Kunyang, in which the Han forces decisively defeated the army of Wang Mang's Xin dynasty. The ancient city of Ye was the origin of the common Chinese surname Ye (叶/葉).
As 2012, this county is divided to 5 towns, 12 townships and 1 ethnic townships.[3]
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Kunyang is home to China's No. 1 Prison of Women of Yunan where the Chinese Christians, Ju Dianghong and Liang Qin are serving sentences of 13 years and 10 years respectively for their Christian activities.[4]