Tihwa

/ ˈtiːˈhwɑː /

noun

1. a former name for Urumchi

Example Sentences

Mr. Bessac shared the trip’s most perilous segment, including a full winter in an encampment at the base of mountains on the Tibetan border, with a small party that included Douglas S. MacKiernan, an American diplomat who had been stationed in Tihwa.

From New York Times

Mr. Bessac and Mr. MacKiernan had been thrown together in Tihwa as the only two Americans there just as Sinkiang Province was coming under Communist control.

From New York Times

Washington had granted permission, but there was still a question: How to get out of Tihwa?

From Time Magazine Archive

They decided to trek out of embattled Tihwa by truck and jeep, over the age-old route across the mighty Himalayas to India.

From Time Magazine Archive

John Hall Paxton, U.S. consul general at Tihwa, in China's far western Sinkiang Province, was eager to take his well-earned leave.

From Time Magazine Archive