Sanhe () is a town in south-central
Anhui
Anhui is an inland Provinces of China, province located in East China. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Jiang ...
province, People's Republic of China. Located south of the provincial capital of
Hefei
Hefei is the Capital city, capital of Anhui, China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census. Its built-up (or ''metro'') area is made up of four u ...
and only from the shores of
Chao Lake
Chao Lake (), also known by its Chinese name Chao Hu, is a lake wholly situated in Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province. It is the largest lake in Anhui and one of the five major freshwater lakes in China.
Mythology
According to legend, t ...
, it is under the administration of
Feixi County
Feixi County () is a county of Anhui Province, East China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hefei, the capital of Anhui
Anhui is an inland Provinces of China, province located in East China. Its provincial capita ...
. In 2009, it had a population of 73,000 and an area of . , it administered 14
residential communities () and 12
villages
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...
.
Name
The name of the town literally means 'Three Rivers', referring to the
Fengle (),
Hangbu (), and
Xiaonan Rivers ().
History
The area around the town was the scene of the 1858
Battle of Sanhe during the
Taiping Revolt against the
Qing
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...
.
Divisions
Within its borders lies the
Sanhe Old Town (), which occupies more than 41% of the town's population and yet only of the area, and for this reason is one of the nationally designated historical and cultural towns ().
Transport
The Anhui Provincial Road 103, running from
Tongling
Tongling () is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province of China. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west.
As of the 2020 census, its population was 1, ...
to Hefei, passes through the area.
See also
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List of township-level divisions of Anhui
This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Anhui, People's Republic of China (PRC). After province, prefecture, and county-level divisions, township-level divisions constitute the formal fourth-level administrative divisio ...
References
Towns in Anhui
Feixi County
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