Packet 8: Tossup 6

A “Production and Construction Corps” named for this region has been tasked with countering the “Three Evils.” During the 1962 Yi–Ta incident, people fled this region through the Ili (“EE-lee”) and Tacheng (“Tah-chung”) prefectures. Red sandstone hills called “Flaming Mountains” (-5[1])bound (-5[1])this region’s city (-5[1])of Turpan (15[3]-5[3])(“tur-pin”). Project 596 (15[1])succeeded at this region’s (-5[2])site of (*) Lop Nur, (10[3])near the (10[1])end of its (-5[2])Tarim (0[1]-5[1])(“TAH-reem”) river. (10[1]-5[1])This region’s (10[1]0[1])Dzungarian (10[2])(“Zoon-gar-e-ahn") Basin (10[3]0[1]-5[1])is bounded by the (10[1])Altai and Tiān Shān Mountains. In the 2010s, (-5[1])minority residents of this region’s (10[1])city of Kashgar (-5[1])were sent to “re-education (10[2])camps." (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Ürümqi ("OO-room-chee") is the capital of what autonomous region of (10[1])China inhabited by Uyghurs (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[3])

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