Sanhe

Sanhe 三河市
County-level city
Coordinates: 40°01′N 117°05′E / 40.017°N 117.083°ECoordinates: 40°01′N 117°05′E / 40.017°N 117.083°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hebei
Prefecture-level city	Langfang
Area
• County-level city	643 km^2 (248 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• County-level city	480,000
• Density	750/km^2 (1,900/sq mi)
• Urban	150,000
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	065200
Area code(s)	0316
Licence Plate Prefix	冀RH
Website	http://www.san-he.gov.cn/

Sanhe (Chinese: 三河; pinyin: Sānhé Shì) is a county-level city administered by Langfang prefecture in eastern Hebei province, People's Republic of China. The name of the city literally means "Three Rivers". Sanhe has 10 towns and 395 villages within those towns.

Sanhe city, Dachang Hui Autonomous County and Xianghe County form the Sanhe Exclave, an exclave of Hebei province surrounded by the Beijing and Tianjin municipalities.

Administrative Divisions

Sanhe has 10 towns:^[1]

• Juyang (泃阳镇), Liqizhuang (李旗庄镇), Yangzhuang (杨庄镇), Huangzhuang (皇庄镇), Xinji (新集镇), Duanjialing (段甲岭镇), Huangshizhuang (黄土庄镇), Gaolou (高楼镇), Qixinzhuang (齐心庄镇), Yanjiao (燕郊镇)

Events

In February, 2013 German television crew from ARD was attacked by a group of men in vehicles and their van driven off the road after filming in Sanhe. The windshield of the van was broken with baseball bats. One of the vehicles involved in the attack was identified as belong to the local Communist party boss. The crew taken into custody and questioned for 16 hours then released. The men from Sanhe said they were offended because the crew did not ask for permission to film.^[2]

References

1. 廊坊市-行政区划网
2. Andrew Jacobs (February 28, 2013). "China: German Journalists Say They Were Assaulted for Filming". The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2013.

External links

• Sanhe City Government Website