Karamay
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| Administration Type | Prefecture-level city |
| City Seat | Karamay District () |
| Area | 9,252 km² |
| Population | 290,000 (2002) |
| GDP - Total - Per Capita | ¥15.482 billion (2003) ¥53,000 (2003) |
| Major Nationalities | Han - 75% |
| County-level divisions | 4 Districts |
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| CPC Committee Secretary | |
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| Area code | 0990 |
| Postal Code | 834000 |
| License Plate Prefix | 新J |
Karamay or Karamai (Uyghur: قاراماي / K̡aramay; Chinese: 克拉瑪依; pinyin: Kèlāmǎyī, Wade-Giles: K'o-la-ma-i)[1] is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China. Karamay comes from the Uyghur language, and means "black oil". Karamay was the site of one of the worst disasters in modern Chinese history, when 324 people, 288 of them school children, lost their lives in a cinema fire. Population (2002): 290,000.
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Geography
Karamay is located in the Dzungarian basin.
Climate
Karamay has a dry and hot summer climate. The annual range can be from -25 to 40 °C.
Subdivisions
Karamay has 4 districts.
- Karamay District (克拉玛依区: Kèlāmǎyī Qū)
- Baijiantan District (白碱滩区 : Báijiǎntān Qū)
- Dushanzi District (独山子区: Dúshānzǐ Qū)
- Urho District (乌尔霍区: Wūěrhuò Qū)
Demographics
75% of Karamay's population are Han with minorities such as Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Mongols and Hui making up the rest.
Economy
In 1955, one of the largest oil fields in China was discovered there. Since then, the city has grown into an oil-producing and refining center.
External links
- Government website of Karamay (in Simplified Chinese)
Footnotes
- ^ The official spelling is "Tumxuk" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, Zhōngguó dìtú chūbǎnshè 中国地图出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 312.
Prefecture-level divisions of Xinjiang
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Cities in Xinjiang | Prefecture-level divisions of Xinjiang