Sanmenxia City, prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, also known as Shanzhou, the City of the Swan, and Shangyang City, is located in the southern Golden Triangle region of the Yellow River at the junction of Henan, Jin, and Shaanxi provinces, with mountainous, hilly, and loess plateau landscapes, and a warm-temperate continental monsoon-type semi-arid climate, with a total area of 9,935 square kilometers. As of March 2023, the city has 2 districts and 2 counties under its jurisdiction, and is in charge of 2 county-level cities. As of the end of 2022, Sanmenxia had a resident population of 2,037,000 people.
In 1986, Sanmenxia was upgraded to a prefecture-level city. According to legend, Dayu ruled over the water by wielding a divine axe to split the high mountains into three gorges, namely "Man Gate", "God Gate" and "Ghost Gate", and drew the water of the Yellow River to the east, thus Sanmenxia got its name. Sanmenxia City has "five mountains and four ridges and one river", west of Guanzhong, north of Sanjin, east of the Central Plains, the territory of the Longhai Railway, Lianhuo Expressway, State Road 310, Zhengxi High Speed Railway crosses the east and west, National Highway 209, San (gorges) Xichuan (Sichuan) Expressway and Haoji Railway connects the south and the north, is a connection between the three provinces of Yu, Jin and Shaan, the north and the south, the west into the east out of the regional transportation hub city, and the east and the west. East out of the regional transportation hub city. At the same time, Yangshao culture, Taoist culture and Guo culture all originated here. The city is rich in tourism resources, with attractions such as the State of Guo Museum, Yangshao Culture Museum Scenic Spot, Swan Lake Wetland Park Scenic Spot, Yellow River Park Scenic Spot and other attractions, where the Yellow River culture, Yangshao culture, Laotian culture, State of Guo culture and folk culture are intertwined.
In 2023, Sanmenxia City realized a regional GDP of 162.027 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 2.0%.