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Karamay or Karamai (Uyghur: قاراماي / K̡aramay; Chinese: 克拉瑪依; Pinyin: Kèlāmǎyī, Wade-Giles: K'o-la-ma-i) 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, the 12/8/94 incident, when 324 people, 288 of them school children, lost their lives in a cinema fire on 8 December 1994[1] Population (2002): 290,000. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 789 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 730 pixel, file size: 163 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ...
A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjà shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ...
The seat of government is the location of the government for a political entity. ...
The Karamay District is a district within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Karamay City. ...
Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ...
Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ...
ISO 4217 Code CNY User(s) Mainland of the Peoples Republic of China Inflation 1. ...
Ethnolinguistic map of China The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is a multi-ethnic unitary state and, as such, officially recognizes 56 nationalities or mÃnzú (æ°‘æ—), within China: the Han being the majority (>92%), and the remaining 55 nationalities being the national minorities. ...
Languages Chinese languages Religions Predominantly Taoism, Mahayana Buddhism, traditional Chinese religions, and atheism. ...
Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ...
District, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ...
Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ...
The Communist Party of China (CPC) (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China, a position guaranteed by the countrys constitution. ...
A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ...
The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in mainland China. ...
The Postal code for the Peoples Republic of China is under a numeric 6-digit system for the whole country. ...
Blue PRC licence plates of the 1992 standard (August 2004 image). ...
Uyghur (‎/Uyghurche//, or ‎/Uyghur tili//)[1] is a Turkic language spoken by the Uyghur people in Xinjiang (also called East Turkestan or Uyghurstan), formerly also “Sinkiang†and “Chinese Turkestan,†a Central Asian region administered by China. ...
Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ...
A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjà shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ...
For the county in Shanxi province, see Xinjiang County. ...
Uyghur (‎/Uyghurche//, or ‎/Uyghur tili//)[1] is a Turkic language spoken by the Uyghur people in Xinjiang (also called East Turkestan or Uyghurstan), formerly also “Sinkiang†and “Chinese Turkestan,†a Central Asian region administered by China. ...
Geography Karamay is located in the Dzungarian basin. Dzungaria (also Jungaria, Sungaria, Zungaria; Mongolian: Зүүнгар Züüngar, Chinese: 準噶爾, Russian: Džungarija) is a geographical region covering approximately 777,000 km², within the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwestern China. ...
Climate Karamay has a dry and hot summer climate. The annual range can be from -25 to 40 °C. Celsius is, or relates to, the Celsius temperature scale (previously known as the centigrade scale). ...
Subdivisions Karamay has 4 districts. District, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ...
The territory of the "Prefecture-level City of Karamay" is not contiguous: Dushanzi District, located south of the Lanxin Railway, forms an exclave, as it is separated by Kuytun City from the other three districts in the north. City of Karamay taken together with the City of Kuytun would form an enclave surrounded on all sides by Tacheng Prefecture. The Karamay District is a district within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Karamay City. ...
The Baijiantan District (Pinyin: BáijiÇŽntÄn QÅ«; Uyghur: Jerenbulaq) is a district within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Karamay City. ...
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Urho District (simplified Chinese: 乌尔禾区; pinyin: Wūěrhé Qū) is a district within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Karamay City. ...
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The westernmost point of the railway in Alataw Pass, 2360 kilometers from the starting point in Lanzhou The Lanxin railway, or Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway (Traditional Chinese: è˜æ–°éµè·¯; Simplified Chinese: å…°æ–°é“è·¯; pinyin: LánxÄ«n TiÄ›lù) is a railway in the Peoples Republic of China. ...
D is Bs exclave, but is not an enclave. ...
Kuitun (Chinese: 奎屯; pinyin: KuÃtún) is a county-level city with about 285,000 residents (2000 census) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. ...
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Tacheng Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 塔城地区; pinyin: Tǎchéng Dìqū; Uyghur: تارباغاتاي ۋىلايىتى) is located in northern Xinjiang, China. ...
Demographics 75% of Karamay's population are Han with minorities such as Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Mongols and Hui making up the rest. Languages Chinese languages Religions Predominantly Taoism, Mahayana Buddhism, traditional Chinese religions, and atheism. ...
The Uyghur (also spelled Uighur; Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر; Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. ...
Languages Kazakh (and/or languages in country of residence) Religions Sunni Islam The Kazakhs (also spelled Kazaks, Qazaqs; Kazakh: Қазақтар []; Russian: Казахи; the English name is transliterated from Russian) are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia (largely Kazakhstan, but also found in parts of Uzbekistan, China, Russia, and...
The name Mongols (Mongolian: Mongol) specifies one or several ethnic groups. ...
The Hui people (Chinese: ; Pinyin: , Xiaoerjing: ØÙÙˆÙ Ø°ÙŽÙˆ ) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of the Islamic religion. ...
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. Drilling rig in a small oil field Near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 An oil field is an area with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (oil) from below ground. ...
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External links - Government website of Karamay (in Simplified Chinese)
- Map of the City of Karamay
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