Yixian County, belonging to Baoding City, Hebei Province, is located in the northwest of Baoding City, at the eastern foot of the northern end of the Taihang Mountains. The geographical coordinates are 114°51'-115°37' east longitude and 39°02'-39°35' north latitude. It is adjacent to Dingxing County in the southeast, Xushui District in the south, Mancheng District and Shunping County in the southwest, Laiyuan County in the west and Laishui County in the north. The total area under its jurisdiction is 2,534 square kilometers.In 2021, Yixian had a resident population of 501,681.
In the first year of Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty (581), Yi Prefecture was established on the north bank of the North Yishui River; in the sixteenth year of Kaihuang (596), Yi County was established in the eastern two stars of the Prefecture; in the ninth year of Daiye (613), Yi Prefecture was changed to Shanggu County, and Yi County belonged to Shanggu County. in January 1995, the Baoding Region and Baoding City were merged to establish the new Baoding City, which is subordinate to the city of Baoding. As of October 2022, Yi County has 11 towns and 16 townships under its jurisdiction, with the county people's government stationed in Yizhou Town. Yixian County is located in the Taihang Mountains to the North China Plain transition tilt zone, known as "seven mountains, one water, two fields". It belongs to the warm temperate continental monsoon climate zone. Yi County has the world cultural heritage Qing Xiling, national key cultural relics protection unit Yan Xiadu site, the Great Wall - Zijing Pass, Longxing Guan moral scripture building (Laozi moral scripture building), the North Fudi site, the Sheng Tanya Tower (Jing Ke Tower) and other national and provincial, county key cultural relics protection unit 39. There are dozens of revolutionary memorial sites such as Wolf Tooth Mountain Five Warriors Memorial Pagoda and the former site of Zijingguan Anti-Japanese Rescue Association.
In 2021, the gross regional product of Yixian County realized 12.460 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 6.3%. The added value of the primary industry was 3.176 billion yuan, up 4.1% year-on-year; the added value of the secondary industry was 2.426 billion yuan, up 1.2% year-on-year; and the added value of the tertiary industry was 6.858 billion yuan, up 9.1% year-on-year. The structure of the three industries is 25.5:19.5:55.