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Yuli

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  1. 1
    An urban township in Hualien County, Taiwan.

    "Sunday's quakes damaged the east coast railroad at seven places in the 75-mile stretch between Hualien and Taitung. Hualien, hard hit by quakes that killed about 100 persons Oct. 22 and 23, suffered no casualties Sunday. The rail towns of Yuli and Fuli 50 and 60 miles south, bore the bunt of the Sunday tremors."

  2. 2
    A county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

    "For example, during the reign of Han Cho Ti (86-74 B.C.) there were more than 500,000 mows of irrigated farmlands around Luntai (Lun-dai) and Yuli (Werli) cities in the lower reaches of the Tarim River.[...]Thus, the ancient extensive farmlands around Luntai and Yuli have now been all turned into shifting sands, and the famous ancient Loulan Kingdom, located at the western side of Lop Nur, has been utterly devastated into a wild landscape of yardang and barchan dunes."

  3. 3
    A town in Yuli, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 玉里 (Yùlǐ).

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 尉犁 (Yùlí).

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