In the past, it had the appearance of a typical farming village with rural scenery, but due to the development of large-scale housing complexes since the 1980s and the convenience of double-track electrification of the JR Fukuchiyama Line, it has rapidly become a satellite city of Osaka and Kobe.

The Muko River runs through Sanda from Sasayama City in the north to Osaka Bay in the southeast.

The area of Sanda was part of ancient Settsu Province, and has been inhabited since the Japanese Paleolithic period.

Records found within a Buddhist Maitreya statue in the ancient Konshin-ji Temple read: "These areas are decreed as Matsuyama's land, which includes Onden, Hiden and Keiden, which are three rice fields, and the land is thus renamed Sanda."

Following the Meiji restoration, the town of Sanda was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system.

Finally, Sanda annexed Aino, itself a merger of towns Ai and Honjō, in 1957.

Sanda has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 22 members.

In terms of national politics, the city is within Hyōgo 5th districts of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

The industries represented primarily include pharmaceuticals, chemicals, food, and distribution.

The interior is decorated in soft tones and motifs symbolic of the harvest of Satoyama, persimmons, ears of rice, water, and wind.

[6] A multi-use sports facility featuring a tennis court, ball park, athletic field, and gym.

Hyakkoku Odori takes place in late November near the Komausahachiman Shrine.

Tenjinsai takes place in late July in Sanda Tenman Shrine.

Sanda beef (三田牛, Sanda-gyū) has historically been produced in Hyōgo at the rate of about 1,000 heads of cattle per year.