Ye County

Ye County or Yexian is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Pingdingshan, Henan province, China, with a population of.
The ancient town of Kunyang was located in Ye County. It was the site of the critical Battle of Kunyang, in which the Han forces decisively defeated the army of Wang Mang's Xin dynasty. The ancient city of Ye was the origin of the common Chinese surname Ye .

Administrative divisions

As of 2012, this county is divided to 5 towns, 12 townships and 1 ethnic townships.
;Towns

Kunyang
Rendian
Bao'an
Xiantai
Zunhuadian

;Townships

Chengguan Township
Xiali Township
Changcun Township
Tianzhuang Township
Jiuxian Township
Xindian Township
Longquan Township
Shuizhai Township
Liancun Township
Dengli Township
Gongdian Township
Hongzhuangyang Township

;Ethnic townships

Mazhuang Hui Township
Climate

Religious persecution

Kunyang is home to China's No. 1 Prison of Women of Yunan where the Chinese Christians, Ju Dianghong and Liang Qin are serving sentences of 13 years and 10 years respectively for their Christian activities.