Sanhe, Yanling


Sanhe is a historic town located in the northern west of Yanling County, Hunan, China; it was merged to Xiayang Town in November 2015. The town had 17 villages under its jurisdiction with an area of, as of 2010 census, it had a population of 24,924, its administrative centre was at Hejia village.

History

As a historic division of Yanling, Sanhe belonged to Kangle and Zhongzheng townships in 1949, Hedong and Hemo townships in 1956. Merging Hedong, Hemo and Hexi three townships created Sanhe Commune in 1958. A part of Sanhe was divided to Hexi Commune. Sanhe Commune was reorganized as a township in 1984, and a town in 1996. On November 20, 2015, Sanhe Town was merged to Xiayang Town.

Subdivisions

It is divided into one community, Huojiaxu Community, and 11 villages: Xingguang Village, Taihe Village, Tuanxi Village, Xitai Village, Xiantianzhou Village, Tianping Village, Longkeng Village, Huojia Village, Miaoqian Village, Yuantou Village, and Dakeng Village.