Ürümqi (/ ʊ ˈ r ʊ m tʃ i / uu-RUUM-chee; also spelled Urumqi, Ürümchi, or Urumchi), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa; Chinese: 迪化; pinyin: Díhuà), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi was a major hub on the Silk Road during China's Tang dynasty and developed its reputation as a leading ...

The July 2009 Ürümqi riots were a series of violent riots over several days that broke out on 5 July 2009 in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), in Northwestern China. The first day's rioting, which involved at least 1,000 Uyghurs, began as a protest but escalated into violent attacks that mainly targeted Han people.

Ürümqi, zu deutsch Urumtschi (chinesisch 乌鲁木齐市, Pinyin Wūlǔmùqí Shì, uigurisch ئۈرۈمچى شەھىرى, auch Urumchi, bis 1954 迪化 Díhuà), ist die Hauptstadt des Uigurischen Autonomen Gebietes Xinjiang in der Volksrepublik China.Die Stadt ist auch die wichtigste Stadt der Landschaft Dsungarei.. Ürümqi ist mit über 2000 km die am weitesten vom Meer entfernte ...