Inside China’s Yanjin County, The Narrowest City In The World

Each city has its own uniqueness. Do you know which city is the world’s narrowest? Yanjin County is widely considered to be the world’s narrowest city. It is built along the Nanxi River and is situated between the steep mountains of China’s Yunnan Province. This city is not a small one, as its population is said to be more than 5 lakh. A beautiful video of this city is going viral on social media, which is garnering everyone’s attention. In the viral video, a river is seen flowing between the mountains, while houses and buildings are seen built on both sides of that river. Whoever has seen the clip for the first time, it is quite shocking for them to believe that such a city exists. Though the city looks beautiful, as per various reports, it is not at all easy to live here.

As per reports, the narrowest area of the city is 30 metres, while the most spread-out area is 300 metres wide. There is only one road on each side of the river for transportation. At the same time, tourists also enter this city through these roads. Because of the river, these roads are several kilometres long. There are houses built on their banks, but the number of bridges is smaller. As the city is built on the river bank to get protected from floods, the buildings on the river bank have been built with the help of pillars, so that the flood water remains below them.

Now you must be wondering why people live amidst so many difficulties. Reports suggest that people have lived here for many generations, so they do not want to leave this city anymore. The clip was shared on Instagram. “Yanjin County, Zhaotong, Yunnan, is the narrowest county in China, with only one main road,” reads the caption.

This video has received more than 5 lakh views so far, and more than 22 thousand people have liked it. Many shared their views in the comment box, one user is not able to believe the video. In his comment, he has written,” Is this artificial intelligence? ” Another user has added, “Nature will decide what is amazing in it. People have polluted the river water.” A third user has written that “China continues to surprise me; the people there are really doing incredible work.”