World's narrowest city where huge tower blocks have bizarrely been built inside a canyon

Yanjin County is the world's narrowest city (Image: People's Daily) It's a picture barely anyone has seen before. A huge, but narrow canyon, populated with large skyscrapers that wouldn't look out of place in a bustling city. Yanjin County is in the northeast of the Yunnan Province in China.

It sits on the banks of the Heng River in a valley between two mountains. It is in fact a city p and it is the narrowest in the world. Unsurprisingly, it has piqued the interest of globetrotters who are absolutely fascinated by its proportions.

At its narrowest, the city is 30 metres wide, and the widest part is 300 metres. Most parts are on the riverbank, though not many bridges have been built. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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