Sanhe is a town in south-central Anhui

Anhui

Anhui is a province in the People's Republic of China. Located in eastern China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it borders Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a tiny...

 province, People's Republic of China. Located 35 kilometres (21.7 mi) south of the provincial capital of Hefei

Hefei

Hefei is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province in Eastern China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural centre of Anhui...

 and only 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the shores of Chao Lake, it is under the administration of Feixi County

Feixi County

Feixi County is a county of Anhui Province, China. It is under the administration of Hefei city. The county has a surface of 2,053.19 km² and a population of 858,895 inhabitants.-References:...

. In 2009, it had a population of 73,000 and an area of 72 square kilometres (27.8 sq mi), and administered 7 residential communities (社区) and 19 villages.

The name of the town literally means 'Three Rivers', referring to the Fengle (丰乐河), Hangbu (杭埠河), and Xiaonan Rivers (小南河). Within its borders lies the Sanhe Old Town (三河古镇), which occupies more than 41% of the town's population and yet only 4.71 square kilometres (1.8 sq mi) of the area, and for this reason is one of the nationally designated historical and cultural towns (中国历史文化名镇). The Anhui Provincial Road 103, running from Tongling

Tongling

Tongling is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province, People's Republic of China. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Chaohu to the north, Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west....

to Hefei, passes through the area.