Tihwa

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• Tihwa — /ˈtiˈhwa/ (say tee hwah) noun former name of Ürümqi …  

• Ürümqi — For the county, see Ürümqi County. Ürümqi ئۈرۈمچی 乌鲁木齐   Prefecture level city   ئۈرۈمچى شەھىرى · 乌鲁木齐市 …   Wikipedia

• CIA Memorial Wall — The Memorial Wall is a memorial at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It honors CIA employees who died in the line of service. [https://www.cia.gov/news information/featured story archive/the stars on the wall.html …   Wikipedia

• Sheng Shicai — Governor of Xinjiang In office October 1937 – September 11, 1944 Preceded by …   Wikipedia

• Douglas Mackiernan — Douglas Seymour Mackiernan (April 25, 1913–April 29, 1950) was the first officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to be killed in the line of duty. He worked as a cryptographer for the United States Air Force (USAF) and was then posted to …   Wikipedia

• Tihua — Chin. /dee hwah /, n. Wade Giles. Dihua. Also, Older Spelling, Tihwa. * * * …   Universalium

• Ürümqi — Ürụ̈mqi   [ tʃi], Urụmchi, Urụmtschi, amtlich chinesisch Wulumuqi [ tʃi], bis 1953 chinesisch Tihwa, Dihua, Hauptstadt des autonomen Gebietes Sinkiang, Nordwestchina, erstreckt sich entlang dem Nordfuß des Tienschan in einer Oase (3 460 km2,… …   Universal-Lexikon

• Urunchi — Original name in latin Urunchi Name in other language Dikhua, Ouroumtchi, Ti hua, Ti hua ch eng, Ti hua ch’eng, Ti hua hsien, Ti hua shih, Tihwa, Tihwafu, Tikhua, Tikhva, UEruemqi, URC, Urumchi, Urumci, Urumcio, Urumczi, Urumptsi, Urumqi, Urumqi… …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

• Sinkiang-Uigur Autonomous Region — div. w China; 635,900 sq. mi.; pop. ab. 15,155,000; cap. Urumchi (Tihwa). Also formerly Sinkiang …   Webster's Gazetteer

• Ürümqi — /uˈrumtʃi/ (say ooh roohmchee) noun a city in north western China; the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Formerly, Urumchi, Urumtsi, Wulumuch i, Tihwa …