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Karamay or Karamai (Uyghur: قاراماي; Uyghur (Latin): KÌ¢aramay; Chinese: 克拉瑪ä¾?; Hanyu Pinyin: KèlÄ?mÇŽyÄ«, 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, when 324 people, 288 of them school children, lost their lives in a cinema fire. Population (2002): 290,000.
Karamay is located in the Dzungarian basin.
Karamay has a dry and hot summer climate. The annual range can be from -25 to 40 °C.
75% of Karamay's population are Han with minorities such as uyghurs, kazakhs, mongols and uzbekhs making up the rest.
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.
Karamay is located in the Dzungarian basin.
Karamay has a dry and hot summer climate. The annual range can be from -25 to 40 °C.
75% of Karamay's population are Han with minorities such as uyghurs, kazakhs, mongols and uzbekhs making up the rest.
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.
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