HaitiLibre Quiz

Megacities 3.1 WORLD

Difficulty Level: N3 Hard
This third and final quiz in this series is aimed at urban planning enthusiasts and curious minds with a solid general knowledge. From their architectural secrets to their little-known technological challenges, explore the most cutting-edge aspects of the largest megacities on the planet. Test your expertise and master their mysteries!
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In which Chinese megacity, the largest municipality in the world by administrative area, can we find the line 2 monorail crossing directly inside a residential building?

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THE CORRECT ANSWER: Chongqing

Chongqing, a gigantic municipality in southwest China with more than thirty million inhabitants, is renowned for its extremely mountainous topography which requires urban planning solutions unique in the world. Nicknamed the “mountain city”, the megacity has developed a daring public transport network to overcome its spectacular elevations. The most famous illustration of this daring engineering is the Liziba monorail station, built directly through the sixth and seventh floors of a nineteen-story residential building. Thanks to advanced sound insulation and vibration reduction technologies, residents live above and below the trains without experiencing major noise pollution. Chongqing impresses with this three-dimensional architecture where suspension bridges, deep tunnels and superimposed road networks integrate harmoniously into a steep relief, demonstrating an exceptional capacity for technological adaptation in the face of natural constraints.