Yexian County, alias Kunyang, belongs to Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, and is located in the southwest of central Henan Province. As of September 20 17, the total area of the county is 1387 square kilometers, which governs 3 streets, 15 townships and 553 administrative villages, with a permanent population of 702,400 in 200219. It is worth mentioning that Yexian County has the title of "Rock Salt Capital of China" and is one of the top ten ancient cities in Henan Province.
Ye county governs 3 streets, 9 towns and 6 townships. These three streets are: Jiulong Street, Kunyang Street and Du Yan Street. These nine towns are Rendian Town, Baoan Town, Sendai Town, Ye Yi Town, Liancun Town, Changcun Town, Xindian Town, Hongzhuangyang Town and Gongdian Town. These six townships are: Li Xia Township, Mazhuang Hui Township, Tianzhuang Township, Longquan Township, Shuizhai Township and Dengli Township.
The reason why Ye County is called "the rock salt capital of China"
There are abundant salt resources in the underground of Yexian County. There is a super-large high-quality salt deposit-"Yexian Yantian" about100 meters underground in Yexian. The salt field covers an area of more than 400 square kilometers, and the prospective resources of the salt-bearing basin are 330 billion tons, accounting for 75% of the salt resources in Henan Province. The average content of sodium chloride is between 85% and 95%, ranking first in the country in terms of mineral salt. The single layer is thick and the buried depth is very moderate, which is convenient for exploitation and utilization.
1987 Yantian has been officially developed for 20 years. It has developed from small-scale single brine extraction and salt production to large-scale salt production, salt chemical industry, modern salt distribution and circulation and other comprehensive development and utilization stages. While realizing its own weakness and growing up, it also promoted the rapid development of related industries. On September 29th, 2007, Yexian was named "Rock Salt Capital of China" by China Mining Association.
Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yexian County