Karamay
Sign in to saveKaramay (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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- From Uyghur words (), meaning "black oil"
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- The Karamay River running through Karamay District
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- Location of Karamay City jurisdiction in Xinjiang
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- China Xinjiang Northern#China Xinjiang#China
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- yes
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- Location of the city centre in Xinjiang
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- People's Republic of China
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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.
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.