Urumchi
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Chinese rail system goes no farther than Urumchi, Sinkiang's capital, 250 miles from the border.
From Time Magazine Archive
The city of Urumchi has expanded from the mud-walled single-story Moslem quarters, where forage is stored on the roofs, to rows of new brick apartment buildings on the dry river beds outside the city.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Chu Shao-liang flew to Urumchi for the first exploratory talks in March 1942.
From Time Magazine Archive
Traffic in Urumchi this fall was back again on the left side of the road, as in Central China.
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 Roy Chapman Andrews
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