Sanxi () is a

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Jingde County Jingde County () is a county in the southeast of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, Peop ...

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 ...

, China. it had a population of 13,083 and an area of . It is only away from Huangshan Scenic Spot. It borders Caijiaqiao Town in the East, Suncun Town in the south, Xinglong Town in the West and Langqiao Town of Jing County in the north.

Etymology

Sanxi means three

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s. It is named Sanxi because Hui Stream, Linxi Stream, and Yu Stream meet and flow into the Jing River in the town.

Administrative division

It includes thirteen villages and one community: * Sanxikou Community () * Gaoxi () * Shangyu () * Baishu () * Guantang () * Junlin () * Jiangfu () * Gaoqiao () * Zanghe () * Yaji () * Hengshan () * Lizhong () * Baxiang () * Zhulin () * Huangchong ()

Geography

Hui Stream(), Yu Stream () and Linxi Stream () flow through the town.

Economy

The local food crops are rice, rape, peanuts, and beans. The town is rich in

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quartz Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The Atom, atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen Tetrahedral molecular geometry, tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tet ...

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, and

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Transportation

National Highway G205 passes across the town.

Attractions

Lecheng Bridge is a famous scenic spot in Anhui province. It was originally built in 1543 during the Jiajing period of the

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(1638–1644) and rebuilt in the reign of

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of the

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(1644–1911). The bridge was destroyed by floods on July 6, 2020.

References

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