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Urumchi
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Urumchi [uːˈruːmtʃɪ], Urumqi, Wu-lu-mu-ch'i
n
(Placename) a city in NW China, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: trading centre on a N route between China and central Asia. Pop.: 1 258 457 (1999 est.) Former name Tihwa


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According to the government, most of the 197 killed in the Urumqi riots were Han Chinese.
Nine suspects have been taken into police custody over alleged syringe attacks in parts of China's tense Xinjiang region, after hundreds were stabbed in Urumqi city, state media said Friday.
Nine suspects have been taken into police custody over alleged syringe attacks in parts of China's tense Xinjiang region, after hundreds were stabbed in Urumqi city, state media said Friday.
 
 
 
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