Yichuan County () is a
county
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in the west of
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is a ...
province, China. It is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of Chi ...
of
Luoyang
Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of Luo River and Yellow River in the west of Henan province. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyan ...
.
Yichuan is known as the "City of
Wine
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".
Chinese rice wine is claimed to have been invented here by
Dukang
Du Kang, sometimes identified with Shao Kang, is one of the figures credited with the invention of alcoholic beverages in Chinese legend. He became the deified patron of winemakers in China and Japan ( Tōji). Grain wines were an important part ...
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.
;Towns
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Chengguan ()
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Minggao ()
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Shuizhai ()
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Pengpo ()
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Gaoshan ()
;Townships
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Yaling Township ()
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Pingdeng Township ()
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Jiuhou Township ()
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Gezhai Township ()
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Baiyuan Township ()
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Baisha Township ()
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Banpo Township
Banpo is an archaeological site discovered in 1953 by Shi Xingbang, and located in the Yellow River Valley just east of Xi'an, China. It contains the remains of several well organized Neolithic settlements, like Jiangzhai, carbon dated ...
()
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Jiangzuo Township ()
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Lüdian Township ()
Climate
References
Luoyang
County-level divisions of Henan
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