Sanming City has 2 districts and 8 counties.

Sanming City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province, is located in the west and northwest of Fujian Province, bordering Fuzhou City in the east, Jiangxi Province in the west, Quanzhou City in the southeast, Longyan City in the southwest, and Nanping City in the north. The total area is 22,965 square kilometers.

Sanming City is located in western and northwest Fujian, in the west and northwest of Fujian Province, between 25°30′~27°07′ north latitude and 116°22′~118°39′ east longitude. It borders Fuzhou City to the east, Jiangxi Province to the west, Quanzhou City to the southeast, Longyan City to the southwest, and Nanping City to the north, with a total area of ??22,965 square kilometers.

Sanming is a national highway hub city. Sanming connects Fuzhou and Quanzhou to the east, and Jiangxi Province in the central hinterland to the west. It is an important connection zone between the southeastern coast and the central and western regions. It is also an important area for the in-depth advancement and contiguous development of the economic zone on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. Sanming has formed a modern three-dimensional transportation system integrating expressways, rapid railways, and airports. Fu (zhou) Yin (Sichuan), Quan (zhou) Nan (Ning), Chang (chun) Shen (Zhen) expressways run through the territory. Realize highways connecting counties and counties.

Geographical environment

The stratigraphic structure of Sanming City is completely developed. There are 12 series from the Lower Proterozoic to the Cenozoic, and 37 stratigraphic units including metamorphic rocks, intrusive rocks, volcanic rocks, Four major types of sedimentary rocks. The oldest rock layer is distributed in the Late Archaean Tianjingping Formation in the Jianning area. It is a component of the core of the Cathays ancient continent and represents the oldest rock layer in Fujian Province.

Sanming is dominated by medium and low mountains and hills, with the Wuyi Mountains in the northwest, the Tortoiseshell Mountains in the middle, and the Daiyun Mountains in the southeast corner. It has towering peaks, undulating low hills, dense streams, and scattered river valleys and basins. The terrain is generally higher in the southwest and lower in the north and east. The highest altitude (Jianning Baishiding) is 1,858 meters and the lowest is 50 meters.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Sanming City