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Located in the southwest of central Henan Province, Yexian County is the "Rock Salt Capital of China", which governs 3 streets, 15 towns and 553 administrative villages with 890,000 people, with a total area of 1387 square kilometers.

Ye County not only has rich connotation of county governance in Ming Dynasty, but also has a long history and profound cultural background. In ancient times, it was the land of Yuzhou, and Zhou belonged to the state of Hou. In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was the capital of Xu, a vassal state of Chu. Ye County is the fief of Ye's ancestors, a famous politician and strategist, and also the ancestral home of 23 million Ye's descendants in the world.

In addition, Ye County is rich in mineral resources, mainly salt, with an area of 400 square kilometers and a reserve of 330 billion tons, ranking first in the country in terms of minerals and minerals, and was named "Rock Salt Capital of China" by the National Mining Association.

Yexian county is rich in human and natural landscapes, and has broad prospects for developing tourism. Tourism resources in Yexian County are divided into 7 categories, 17 subcategories and 39 basic types. There are 0/39 tourist resource units/kloc-0, of which 4 are level 5, 4 18, 3 1 1, 32 are level 2 and 74 are level 1. 1997, the county party committee and government decided to develop tourism resources. There are more than 50 scenic spots to visit after 18. Form a cultural tourism pattern focusing on one elegant, one street, one temple, one garden, one mountain, one water, one river and five characteristic tourist lines. Yexian yamen, which was built in the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1369), is one of the three remaining ancient yamen in China, and it is also the only Ming dynasty yamen building in China, with five levels of yamen. The whole building covers an area of 1 0,684.8 square meters and consists of 4/kloc-0 units and10.53 houses. Its layout is reasonable and its style is simple. Its exhibition form combines the essence of north and south architecture and highlights the regulation of county-level yamen in Ming Dynasty.

In 20 16, * * * received 686,000 domestic and foreign tourists, an increase of 4.3% over 20 14. The total tourism revenue was 40.937 million yuan, up by 5.6%. * * * There are 2 A-level tourist attractions, 1 star hotels and 5 service outlets.