Sanyuan District, belonging to Sanming City, Fujian Province, is located in the southwestern part of Sanming City District, the center of which is about 26°5′ north latitude, 117°5′ east longitude area, subtropical monsoon climate, with a total area of 1,154 square kilometers. As of May 2023, Sanyuan District has 7 streets, 4 towns, and 1 township under its jurisdiction, with the district government stationed at No. 836, Xinshi North Road, Ledong Street. As of May 2023, Sanyuan District has a resident population of 409,000 people.
Sanyuan District is an ancient part of Shaxian County, Yongan County, Yanping Province, and Guihua County, Tingzhou Province, and was a major town in central Fujian in the mid-Ming Dynasty. in April 1983, Sanyuan District was established, and in February 2021, Fujian Province agreed to abolish Meilie District and Sanyuan District in Sanming City and set up the new Sanyuan District in Sanming City. Sanyuan District is the place of humanities, is the birthplace of Minxue and the place of the Dragon, the territory of the discovery of the Wanshouyan Paleolithic cultural heritage sites in Fujian life of ancient mankind ahead of the history of the 185,000 years, with the national level of historical and cultural villages Zhongshan eighteen Zhai, the Chinese traditional villages Long'an village and other historical and humanistic resources, the site of the kiln in the village, the temple of the Zhengshun and other national and provincial cultural heritage units of 8 places. Is the source of civilization, two consecutive successive provincial civilized urban areas, is the main body of Sanming City, national civilization city, tourism city, garden city, health city, model city of double embrace, excellent city of comprehensive management of social security, such as the "six cities" with the creation. Is the ecological city, with the world's largest area, the highest purity of the original Castanopsis quebracho; forest storage capacity of 12.43 million cubic meters, forest coverage rate of 77.43%, selected as the first batch of provincial-level selenium-rich agricultural industry development key counties, grass coral was evaluated as a national geographic indications products, the West inter-oranges were rated as the country's famous, excellent and new agricultural products.
In 2022, Sanyuan District realized a gross regional product of 71.605 billion yuan, an increase of 2.8%.