Sanxiang ( zh, s=三乡镇, t=三鄉鎮, p=Sānxiāng Zhèn;

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: ''Sāamhēung Jan'') is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

situated at the southern periphery of the city of

Zhongshan Zhongshan ( zh, c=中山 ), alternately romanized via Cantonese as Chungshan, is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is n ...

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

province. In 2020 census, the population of Sanxiang was 200,165. The total area of the town is . Sanxiang is much closer to

Zhuhai Zhuhai; Yale romanization of Cantonese, Yale: ''Jyūhói''; Chinese postal romanization, also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern ...

than central Zhongshan.

Economics

Primary industries

*Injection moulding, toolmaking, imaging supplies

Culture

Sanxiang is one of the less busy parts of Zhongshan. It is a little known oasis of weekend homes for Hong Kong and Macau residents and a retirement haven for people from all over China.

Notable individuals

* Zheng Junli * Zheng Guanying (鄭觀應/郑观应)

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