Ürümqi
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Ürümqi or Ürümchi (Uyghur: ئۈرۈمچی, ULY: Ürümchi; Cheenese: 乌鲁木齐; pinyin: Wūlǔmùqí), formerly Dihua (Cheenese: 迪化; pinyin: Dǐhuà, Wade-Giles: Tihwa), is the caipital o Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, in the northwast o the kintra.
Quick Facts Ürümqi ئۈرۈمچى乌鲁木齐, Kintra ...
Ürümqi ئۈرۈمچى 乌鲁木齐 | |
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Prefectur-level ceety | |
乌鲁木齐市 · ئۈرۈمچى شەھىرى | |
Frae tap: A panoramic view o Ürümqi's CBD, Reid Muntain (Hong Shan), Ürümqi Nicht Mercat, an a view o Tian Shan frae Ürümqi | |
Ürümqi (reid) in Xinjiang (orange) | |
Coordinates: 43°49′30″N 87°36′00″E | |
Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
Region | Xinjiang |
Coonty-level diveesions | 8 |
Govrenment | |
• CPC Committee Secretary | Zhu Hailun[1] |
• Mayor | Jerla Isamudin (吉尔拉·衣沙木丁 / جەرۇللاھ ھېسامىدىن) |
Area | |
• Prefectur-level ceety | 14577 km2 (5,628 sq mi) |
• Urban | 10245 km2 (3,956 sq mi) |
• Metro | 5057 km2 (1,953 sq mi) |
Population (2010 census) | |
• Prefectur-level ceety | 3,112,559 |
• Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
• Urban | 3,029,372 |
• Urban density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,988,715 |
• Metro density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | De jure: Cheenae Staundart (UTC+8) De facto: Ürümqi Time (UTC+6) |
Postal code | 830000 |
Area code(s) | 991 |
License plate prefixes | 新A |
GDP (2008) | CNY 102 billion |
- per capita | CNY 43,211 |
ISO 3166-2 | CN-65-01 |
Website | urumqi |
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Quick Facts Chinese name, Semplifeed Cheenese ...
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Semplifeed Cheenese | 乌鲁木齐 | ||||||||||||||
Tradeetional Cheenese | 烏魯木齊 | ||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Wūlǔmùqí | ||||||||||||||
Leeteral meanin | beautiful pasture | ||||||||||||||
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Tihwa (Dihua) | |||||||||||||||
Cheenese | 迪化 | ||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Dǐhuà | ||||||||||||||
Leeteral meanin | Tae Enlichten | ||||||||||||||
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Mongolian Cyrillic | [Үлэмжийн Хот] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help) | ||||||||||||||
Mongolie script | ᠦᠯᠡᠮᠴᠢ ᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ | ||||||||||||||
Uyghur name | |||||||||||||||
Uyghur | ئۈرۈمچى | ||||||||||||||
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Wi an urban population o ower 2.5 million fowk, Ürümqi, whose name means "bonnie pasture" in the Mongolie leid o the Dzungar fowk,[2] 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.