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Yanjin County, Yunnan
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Yanjin County | |
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| settlement_type | County | |
| imagesize | 250px | |
| image_map | 盐津县位置图.svg | |
| mapsize | 250px | |
| map_caption | Location of Yanjin County (red) and Zhaotong City (pink) within Yunnan | |
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| subdivision_type | Country | |
| subdivision_name | People's Republic of China | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province | |
| subdivision_name1 | Yunnan | |
| subdivision_type2 | Prefecture-level city | |
| subdivision_name2 | Zhaotong | |
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| established_title | ||
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| area_total_km2 | 1416 | |
| area_land_km2 | ||
| population_total | 453096 | |
| population_density_km2 | auto | |
| timezone | CST | |
| utc_offset | +8 | |
| elevation_footnotes | tags-- | |
| postal_code_type | Postal code | |
| postal_code | 657500 | |
| area_code | 0870 | |
| website |
Yanjin County () is located in the northeast of Yunnan Province, China, bordering Sichuan Province to the north and east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhaotong.
Situated on the banks of the narrow Heng River valley, a tributary of the Yangtze, the town of Yanjing, Yanjin's county seat, has been referred to as the "World's Narrowest City." The buildings of the city are situated on tall pillars, which is a preemptive measure toward water-level rise during periods of heavy flooding. Videos of the city routinely go viral because of its uniqueness and the surrounding natural environment, attracting much attention to the city.
The city is within the valley, along with a highway and a railway but does not have a high-speed train.
Daily slow train service 5635/5636 between Neijiang 内江 and Zhaotong 昭通 passes through Yanjin 盐津 and Yanjingbei 盐津北 (Yanjin North) stations. Neijiang is pretty close to Chengdu. Yanjinbei Station is closer to the city center.
History
Since at least the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE), the area of Yanjin was home to the Bo people.
During a Duanwu Festival celebration in the late 1800s or early 1900s at Yanjin, a bridge that spanned the Heng River collapsed and four hundred people were drowned. This led to the bridge being rebuilt with walls and a roof. The county was named after the city of Yanjin when it was formed in 1917.
In July 2006, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake left 22 dead, 106 injured and more than 6,000 homes demolished.{{cite journal |url-access=subscription}}
In 2021, management practices to institute an urban rain flood ecosystem were underway in Yanjin through use of the sponge city approach to prepare for high flooding.
Climate
|Jan record high C = 22.2 |Jan record low C = -0.5 |Feb record high C = 36.8 |Feb record low C = -0.2 |Mar record high C = 38.6 |Mar record low C = 1.8 |Apr record high C = 37.0 |Apr record low C = 6.2 |May record high C = 40.1 |May record low C = 10.8 |Jun record high C = 40.0 |Jun record low C = 15.8 |Jul record high C = 40.8 |Jul record low C = 16.8 |Aug record high C = 41.4 |Aug record low C = 16.9 |Sep record high C = 42.0 |Sep record low C = 13.1 |Oct record high C = 32.8 |Oct record low C = 6.0 |Nov record high C = 28.0 |Nov record low C = 3.2 |Dec record high C = 23.0 |Dec record low C = -1.3
Administrative divisions
Yanjin County has 6 towns and 4 townships.{{cite web |access-date = 2021-12-07}} ;6 towns
- Yanjing (盐井镇)
- Pu'er (普洱镇)
- Dousha (豆沙镇)
- Zhonghe (中和镇)
- Miaoba (庙坝镇)
- Shizi (柿子镇) ;4 townships
- Xinglong (兴隆乡)
- Luoyan (落雁乡)
- Tantou (滩头乡)
- Niuzhai (牛寨乡)
Notes
References
References
- Kim, Nanny. (2020). "Mountain rivers, mountain roads : transport in southwest China, 1700-1850". Brill.
- (August 13, 2021). "Have You Seen the World's Narrowest City? It's In China". News18.
- (September 13, 2021). "Yanjin, the narrowest city in the world". EuroWeeklyNews.
- (2021-10-09). "The Nanxi River City Is The World's Narrowest City".
- (1990). "Ti 4 Chieh Tʻai Hsüeh Yen Chiu Kuo Chi Hui i Lun Wen Chi". Yün-nan sheng she hui kʻo hsüeh yüan Tung nan Ya yen chiu so.
- Kim, Nanny. (2020). "Mountain rivers, mountain roads : transport in southwest China, 1700-1850". Brill.
- (2021). "Urban Rain Flood Ecosystem Design Planning and Feasibility Study for the Enrichment of Smart Cities". Sustainability.
- link. [[China Meteorological Administration]]
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