Karamay is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People Republic of China, encircled by Tacheng Prefecture. Its name comes from the Uyghur language and translates as black oil, a reference to the petroleum reserves found in the surrounding region.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude45.592778 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Karamay (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 487,000 (2022)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 45.592778, longitude 84.871111
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 354 m
P2046 (area)
area 7733.91 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 487000 (2022)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Karamay - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 366 m
3. Karamay (Wikipedia)
Infobox: utc_offset
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Climate
Karamay has an extremely continental desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWk, Trewartha BWac), typified by great seasonal extremes in temperature, varying by 43.0 °C (77.4 °F); with very hot summers (for its latitude) and severely cold winters with brief spring and autumn in between
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the SourceWikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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