What is the smallest city in the world?

Vy_lette

Fürstenau http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/travel/detail/Visiting_the_world_s_smallest_city.html?siteSect=411&sid=5580642&cKey=1110105126000 Sep 28 07, 9:48 AM

geniusonwheels

For more informatino on Furstenau, please see these links. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BCrstenau%2C_Switzerland If you can read this one, good job. http://www.fuerstenau.ws/ Sep 28 07, 10:12 AM

nina300

It's actually Hum, Croatia. Population: 23 people. http://www.hum.hr/indexENG.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hum%2C_Croatia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hum Sep 28 07, 10:16 AM

author

Durbuy (Belgium), which has already received the title of town in 1331, prides itself on being the smallest town in the world. Witness of a prestigious past. Durbuy has kept its traditional character and has achieved fame as a place of gastronomy. Durbuy is also called the most beautiful flower town. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Hum (Croatia) is the smallest city in the world with a population of only 23 citizens. It was first mentioned in 1102 under the name Cholm, and as such is still known as Colmo in Italy to this day. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006052003336 Sep 28 07, 10:19 AM

author

Well, as it seems Durbuy is not a candidate. It´s still the smallest city in Belgium, though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durbuy Sep 28 07, 10:23 AM

dottie007

THE VATICAN CITY Sep 28 07, 1:32 PM

author

The Vatican City is not a city. Sep 28 07, 2:29 PM

MonkeyOnALeash

Vatican has two designations. A city in Italy and a sovereign country surrounded by Italy! "Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City (Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae; Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano), is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. At approximately 44 hectares (108.7 acres), it is the smallest independent state in the world." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Coa_Vatican.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Vatican_City.svg Sep 28 07, 8:26 PM

author

The Vatican City is not a city, and if it was it would not have been the least populated city (population:783). I agree that the question is unclear, does at ask for the smallest city in area or population? But again, it is not a city but an enclave within the city of Rome. Sep 29 07, 8:07 AM

nina300

OK, if the area of Vatican City is 44 hectares, Hum is more than 1200 times smaller. Hum's area is approximately 350 m2 or 0,035 hectares. But I agree that Vatican City is not a city. http://www.hum.hr/indexENG.htm Sep 29 07, 10:46 AM

MonkeyOnALeash

"....is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory....." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/city-state Sep 29 07, 2:13 PM