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The Nanxi River (), also known as the Nậm Thi River in Vietnamese
Dominique Roland et Stéphanie Déro. Routard.com (Cyberterre). 2003-08-05. or Namiti,''The Railway Conquest of the World''. Forgotten Books. . pp.302-304. is a tributary of the Red River located in China's

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

province. It is a

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river of

Lào Cai Lào Cai () is a city in the Northwest region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Lào Cai Province. The city borders Bảo Thắng District, Bát Xát District, Sa Pa and the city of Hekou Yao Autonomous County, in Yunnan province of southwes ...

, Vietnam, and Hekou, China. It flows generally north to south from Mengzi to Hekou, where it joins the Red River and flows into Vietnam. The Chinese portion of the Yunnan–Vietnam Railway was built partly along the Nanxi River valley from 1906 to 1910, linking the city of

Kunming Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headquar ...

with the Vietnamese capital,

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

. (originally published 1910) The mountainous terrain of the Nanxi River Valley posed special difficulties for the railway's construction; this, along with the endemic nature of

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in the area, led to the deaths of at least 10,000 workers in the valley.Le chemin de fer du Yunnan et les Centraliens - 1902-1910
Archives of the French Foreign Ministry, Chine, Nouvelle série, vols.498-502.
Robert Lee. University of Western Sydney, Macarthur. 11 Feb 2003. Today, the Nanxi River is known as a destination for

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