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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 07/06/2009 : 02:41:24
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This city has well over two million residents.
1. What's its name?
2. Where is it?
For an extra point:
3. In what way is this city geographically unique? (It's not because it's either high or dry.)
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Edited by - HalfMooner on 07/06/2009 02:53:52
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 19:24:52 [Permalink]
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Hint # 1: There has been a recent and violent ethnic rebellion in the streets of this city
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 20:21:00 [Permalink]
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Xinjiang, China
If this is right, then good hint. The Uighurs are the first thing I thought of. So I looked up Uighur rebellion.
Don't know about the geographically unique.
edited: A lot of stuff here the most interesting is:
Most of Xinjiang is young geologically, having been formed from the collision of the Indian plate with the Eurasian plate, forming the Tian Shan, Kunlun Shan, and Pamir mountain ranges.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 20:26:54 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by moakley
Xinjiang, China
If this is right, then good hint. The Uighurs are the first thing I thought of. So I looked up Uighur rebellion.
Don't know about the geographically unique.
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Xinjiang is the correct province, but is not the name of the city.
You win one point for answering "Where is it."
Hint # 2: The uniqueness of this city is a geographic fact about it, rather than one which is strictly geological.
Hint # 3: This city has well over 2 million inhabitants.
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 04:57:17 [Permalink]
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Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, China
Still no idea on the geographic fact, but I did find the geologic fact listed previously interesting. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 06:32:45 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by moakley
Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, China
Still no idea on the geographic fact, but I did find the geologic fact listed previously interesting.
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You win your second point!
As for the geographical oddity, I doubt this is going to be found, so here it is:
Ürümqi is the city furthest from an ocean or sea of any city on earth.
The Eurasian "Pole of Inaccessibility" is about 200 miles north of Ürümqi, and that town is the closest city. (I would personally go nuts in such a place. I have always wanted to be near large bodies of water.)
Recently, there were full-scale riots in Ürümqi. Dozens or hundreds of Uighurs are reported dead in Ürümqi. Uighurs, a Turkic people, are about 13% of the city's population, while 75% are Han Chinese. Uighurs in Ürümqi rioted after learning of deadly riots in a Shaoguan toy factory in southern China, where Uighur migrant workers were killed by Han Chinese after false accusations of rape were rumored against Uighurs.
Along with tensions in Tibet, China has a growing problem, both racial and religious, with its largely Muslim Uighur population in Xinjiang.
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 07/07/2009 : 06:48:23 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
As for the geographical oddity, I doubt this is going to be found, so here it is:
Ürümqi is the city furthest from an ocean or sea of any city on earth.
The Eurasian "Pole of Inaccessibility" is about 200 miles north of Ürümqi, and that town is the closest city. |
Careful with your wording: there are towns closer to the pole of inaccessibility (PoI), but no cities closer than Ürümqi.
Hoxtolgay may be the most inaccessible town, at only 30 miles from the PoI. And since there are farms within 10 miles of the PoI, undoubtedly there are villages closer than Hoxtolgay. Heck, it looks like a highway passes less than half a mile from the PoI. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 06:52:19 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Careful with your wording: there are towns closer to the pole of inaccessibility (PoI), but no cities closer than Ürümqi. |
Agreed. And I think I weasel-worded that very carefully.
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