Karamay

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Karamay

Total population

405,953

Coordinates45.58°, 84.89°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Karamay 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Gulimina Mahamuti

Chinese pianist

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Abduwali Ablet

footballer

Ding Yanyuhang

Chinese basketball player (born 1993)

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Ilhamjan Iminjan

Chinese association football player

A

Adil Mijit

Uyghur comedian

M

Ma Tiao

Chinese singer

D

Dai Gengyu

Chinese Go player

Y

Yusupjan Emet

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Xinjiang

• Jinlongzhen
  5.3 mi away · pop. 15,322
• Sanpinglu
  8.1 mi away
• Baijiantan
  13.3 mi away · pop. 50,825
• Xiaoguai
  32 mi away · pop. 1,496
• XPCC 123rd Regiment
  45.6 mi away
• Temirtam
  46.3 mi away · pop. 11,422
• Uty
  49.5 mi away · pop. 6,000
• Wuwuxinzhen
  49.6 mi away · pop. 28,487
• Chepaizi
  50 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Urho
  52.4 mi away · pop. 17,940
• Orsholit
  56.7 mi away
• Huyanghe
  61.2 mi away · pop. 29,891

Browse all places in Xinjiang →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Karamay

Xinjiang Weiwu'er Zizhiqu di san ci quan guo wen wu pu cha cheng guo ji cheng

Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China). Wen wu ju · 2011

Zhongguo gong chan dang Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Kelamayi Shi, Xinjiang shi you guan li ju zu zhi shi zi liao

Zhong gong Kelamayi Shi Xinjiang you tian gong si wei yuan hui. Zu zhi bu · 2008

新疆维吾尔自治区克拉玛依市地名志

"克拉玛依市地名志"编纂委员会 · 2014

Xinjiang Weiwu'er Zizhiqu Kelamayi Shi di ming zhi

Kelamayi Shi di ming wei yuan hui · 1993

Kelamayi shi zhi

克拉玛依市地方志编纂委员会 · 1998

新疆维吾尔自治区克拉玛依市地名图志

Kelamayi Shi di ming wei yuan hui · 1984

一二九团志

马战胜． · 2000

Kelamayi feng mao

Xinjiang Kelamayi shi di ming wei yuan hui · 1984

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica

Seen 2026-09-13

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Seen 2026-09-13

Cyanistes cyanus tianschanicus

Cyanistes cyanus tianschanicus

Seen 2026-09-06

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Seen 2026-08-24

Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatus

Seen 2026-07-24

Little Stint

Calidris minuta

Seen 2026-07-24

Terek Sandpiper

Xenus cinereus

Seen 2026-07-24

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Seen 2026-07-24

Eurasian Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Seen 2026-07-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).