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30a. Former name of the capital of xinjiang autonomous region of China, Urumqi. I have t?h?a and can find nothing to fit in. There is an old capital called dihua but it does not fit my letters.

Tihwa

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tihwa

thank you chrisg, you have a great reference book there, I spent about two hours on this clue and got nowhere.