Xinjiang

Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov
Wed Nov 18 15:41:02 UTC 2009


Kashgar and Urumqi are indeed both cities in the same neck of the woods, and they both now operate on the same time.
In the past, though, they used different times so they get separate entries in the time zone database.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven [mailto:asmodai at in-nomine.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:28
To: tz at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
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Subject: Re: Xinjiang

-On [20091118 16:11], Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] (olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov) wrote:
>1. What's the English translation of the Han name of the city with the largest Han population in Asia/Urumqi?
>2. What's the English translation of the Han name of the city with the largest Han population in Asia/Kashgar?
>3. What's the English translation of the Uyghur name of the city with the largest Uyghur population in Asia/Urumqi?
>4. What's the English translation of the Uyghur name of the city with the largest Uyghur population in Asia/Urumqi?

Both Kashgar and Urumqi are cities of the Xinjian Uyhghur AR, so I am a bit
confused by your questions above.

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