Yichuan County, Henan

Yichuan County 伊川县 Ichwan
County
Yichuan in Luoyang
Luoyang in Henan
Coordinates: 34°31′40″N 112°03′25″E / 34.5278°N 112.057°E / 34.5278; 112.057
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Henan
Prefecture-level city	Luoyang
Area [1]
• Total	1,243 km2 (480 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[2]
• Total	792,800
• Density	640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Yichuan County (Chinese: 伊川县; pinyin: Yīchuān Xiàn) 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".^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}