Urumchi

British

/ uːˈruːmtʃɪ /

noun

Former name: Tihwa. a city in NW China, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: trading centre on a N route between China and central Asia. Pop: 1 562 000 (2005 est)

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It is two days by plane to Urumchi and then two weeks by ancient truck across the drifting, trackless desert to Kashgar near the Russian border.

From Time Magazine Archive

A U.S. consulate had been established at Urumchi in March; in September a British consul arrived.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Chinese rail system goes no farther than Urumchi, Sinkiang's capital, 250 miles from the border.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Urumchi, in Chinese Turkestan, officials halted the party, held three of the cars there.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last year the first caravans left Feng-chen with wireless equipment for the eighteen hundred mile journey across Mongolia to Urumchi in the very heart of central Asia.

From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Andrews, Roy Chapman

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