Chinese Name: 克拉玛依市 (kè lā mǎ yī shì)
Population: 460,000
Area: 7,733 square kilometers (2,986 square miles)
Location: in the northwest of Xinjiang, northwest China
Administrative Division: 4 districts (Karamay, Dushanzi, Baijiantan, Urho)
Area Code: 0990
Zip Code: 834000
GDP (2019): CNY 97.29 billion (USD 14.10 billion)
Nationalities: Han, Uygur, Kazak
A Modern Oil City with Unique Yardang Landform
Karamay is situated in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at the edge of the Junggar Basin. The Tianshan Mountains zigzag south of the city, and the road mileage between Karamay and Urumqi is 313 kilometers (194 miles). Karamay means "black oil" in the Uyghur language. Once most areas of Karamay were desolate and backward, but now it is a livable modern city and an important oil and petrochemical base in China. While touring the fascinating cityscape, visitors can also enjoy the unique Yardang landform in the Ghost Town of World regarded as China’s 50 most worthy places for foreigners to go to, China's most beautiful highway - Dushanzi-Kuqa Highway and Poplar River Gorge with dense euphrates poplar forests.
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