What was the previous place name of Urumqi?

Urumqi has special geographical advantages. It has been known as the "gateway to the creation of the world" since ancient times. It is a transportation hub connecting the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains and connecting Xinjiang and the mainland. It has now become an important gateway and opening up to the west in my country. A window for foreign economic and cultural exchanges. Urumqi is the farthest inland city from the sea in the world and is the geographical center of the Asian continent. In summer, the flowers and trees here are in full bloom, and the fruits and melons are fragrant. It is the golden season for tourism. In the middle of winter, the city is covered with snow, with jade trees and flowers, and the scenery outside the Great Wall of the North is moistened by the cool and sweet snow of the Tianshan Mountains. People of all ethnic groups have created a splendid civilization in the ancient Western Regions. Urumqi, a city with a long history, is the only route to New North Road on the world-famous ancient "Silk Road". In the first century BC, the Western Regions Protectorate established by the Western Han government once placed Wuji, a lieutenant, to farm in this area. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, in order to further strengthen economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West and promote the prosperity and development of the "Silk Road" New North Road, in 640 AD, the Tang government established the Beiting Protectorate in the northeast of Urumqi. In 1755 AD, the Qing government established the Beiting Protectorate in the northeast of Urumqi. The Ming Dynasty's ancient city of Jiujiawan in Urumqi is now fortified and garrisoned, and the place was officially named Urumqi. In 1763, it was renamed "Dihua".