Ürümqi

Ürümqi or Ürümchi ( /uːˈruːmtʃi/; Uyghur: ئۈرۈمچی‎, ULY: Ürümchi; ), formerly Dihua (Cheenese: 迪化; , Wade-Giles: Tihwa), is the caipital o Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, in the northwast o the kintra.

Wi an urban population o ower 2.5 million fowk, Ürümqi, whose name means "bonnie pasture" in the Mongolie leid o the Dzungar fowk, is the lairgest ceety in Cheenae's wastren interior. Since the 1990s, Ürümqi haes developed economically an nou serves as a regional transport node an commercial centre.

Internaitional relations

Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Ürümqi is twinned wi:

• Peshawar, Pakistan
• Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
• Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Chelyabinsk, Roushie

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