Sanmen () is a town in

Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County Longsheng Various Nationalities (Gezu) Autonomous County ( zh, s=龙胜各族自治县, t=龍勝各族自治縣, p=Lóngshèng Gèzú Zìzhìxiàn; za, Lungzhingz Gakcuz Swciyen; usually referred to as "Longsheng County" ) is a county in the nort ...

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

, China. As of the 2018 census it had a population of 14,500 and an area of .

Administrative division

As of 2016, the town is divided into thirteen villages and one community: * Sanmenjie Community () * Jiaoqi () * Datan () * Hongzhai () * Ankang () * Shuanglang () * Shuangjiang () * Jizhua () * Guping () * Tonglie () * Daluo () * Huaqiao () * Dadi () * Huaping ()

History

In the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

(1644–1911), it belonged to Xituan (). In early

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

, it came under the jurisdiction of the West District (). Sanmen Township was formed in 1933. In 1947 it was under the jurisdiction of Guangfu Township (). After the establishment of the Communist State, it was renamed many times. In December 1994 it was upgraded to a town. On June 6, 2019, the villages of Daluo and Tonglie was listed among the fifth group of "List of Traditional Villages in China" by the

State Council of China The State Council, constitutionally synonymous with the Central People's Government since 1954 (particularly in relation to local governments), is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China. It is chaired by the p ...

Geography

The town is located in southwestern

. The town shares a border with

Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County (; Standard Zhuang: ) is under the administration of Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is a region traditionally inhabited by the Dong people, bordering the prefecture-level divisions of Qiandongn ...

to the west,

Lingui District Lingui District () is the county seat and district administered by Guilin, Guangxi, China, and located midway between Guilin and Yangshuo. The district is mostly rural and hilly, marked by the same dramatic karst topography for which Guilin is f ...

and Piaoli Town to the east, Piaoli Town and Longsheng Town to the north, and

Yongfu County Yongfu County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Guilin, Guangxi, China, located to the southwest of downtown Guilin. The county is mostly rural and hilly, marked by the same dramatic karst topography for whi ...

and

Rong'an County Rong'an County (; Standard Zhuang: ) is under the administration of Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It borders the prefecture-level city of Guilin Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''; alternatively romanized as Kweilin) i ...

to the south. The Sanmen River () flows through the town.

Economy

The region is rich in

soapstone Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock. It is composed largely of the magnesium rich mineral talc. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occur in the zo ...

Administrative division

History

Geography

Economy

Tourist attractions

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