Yichuan County, Henan Explained

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.

Administrative divisions

As 2012, this county is divided to 5 towns and 9 townships.[3]

Towns
Townships

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . zh:最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com . hongheiku . Chinese . 2021-01-12.
  2. Web site: . zh:最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com . hongheiku . Chinese . 2021-01-12.
  3. Web site: . zh:洛阳市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org . XZQH . zh . 2012-05-24.