Urumtsi, the most important city in the Chinese territory of Zungaria, at the northern base of the Tian-Shan Mountains. It is in a fertile district, commands the principal route from Mongolia into Eastern Turkestan, and has a large trade with all the adjoining lands. Pop. 20,000-30,000.
Urumtsi
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 407
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