Karamay

Also known as Karamai

Karamay (also spelled Karamai) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It is surrounded on all sides by Tacheng Prefecture. The name of the city comes from the Uyghur language and means "black oil", referring to the oil fields near the city.

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Karamay is a city in northern Xinjiang, China, whose name comes from the Uyghur word for "black oil" and reflects the oil fields in the region. The city is surrounded by Tacheng Prefecture and serves as an important center in one of China's major oil-producing areas.

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Settlement.etymology: From Uyghur words (), meaning "black oil"
Settlement.image_skyline: Karamay river.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The Karamay River running through Karamay District
Settlement.image_map: Location of Karamay Prefecture within Xinjiang (China).png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Karamay City jurisdiction in Xinjiang
Settlement.pushpin_map: China Xinjiang Northern#China Xinjiang#China
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of the city centre in Xinjiang
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Xinjiang
Settlement.seat_type: Municipal seat
Settlement.seat: Karamay District
Settlement.parts_type: Subdivisions
Settlement.parts: Districts
Settlement.p1: Karamay
Settlement.p2: Baijiantan

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Official website

克拉玛依市人民政府

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Wikidata facts

Official name: قاراماي
Population: 490348
Area: 7733.91
Elevation: 354
Official website: www.klmy.gov.cn
Image: Karamay river.jpg
Dialing code: 990
Licence plate code: 新J

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Commons category: Karamay
postal code: 834000

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Karamay was the site of one of the worst disasters in modern Chinese history, the 1994 Karamay fire, when 324 people, including 288 school children, lost their lives in a cinema fire on 8 December 1994.