Yichuan County | |
Other Name: | Ichwan |
Postal Code Type: | 471300 |
Settlement Type: | County |
Image Map1: | ChinaHenanLuoyang.png |
Map Caption1: | Luoyang in Henan |
Coordinates: | 34.5278°N 112.057°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Henan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Luoyang |
Area Total Km2: | 1243 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 792,800 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Yichuan County is a county in the west of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Luoyang.
Yichuan is known as the "City of Wine". Chinese rice wine is claimed to have been invented here by Dukang during the reign of Shaokang of the Xia. Dukang wine is now exported to Japan, the United States, Canada, Thailand, and more than 45 other countries.
As 2012, this county is divided to 5 towns and 9 townships.[3]