Meaning of Dihua | Babel Free

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Former name of Ürümqi.

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“The first stop they made in China was at the garrison city of Dihua, the Chinese Turkestan capital, where Wang Ming and Hang called on the local warlord, Sheng Shicai.”

“Sheng Shicai, the governor of the northwestern province of Xinjiang, the population of which was largely ethnic Uighur rather than Chinese, invited Du to take up the chancellorship of the Xinjiang Academy, the higher education institution for the province located in the city of Dihua (now known as Urumqi).”

“The fact is that there were goldfields in the Tianshan Mountain range located far closer to the provincial capital of Dihua and Xinjiang's provincial transport network. Similarly, earlier reports and even a few smaller-scale Russian surveys identified several oilfields located within 10 kilometers of Dihua, a major market for petroleum products, the center of government, and the primary hub on the provincial transport network.”

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