Introduction to Karamay

Karamay, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is an important national petroleum and petrochemical base and a new industrialized city under key construction in Xinjiang. Karamay is located in the northwest edge of Junggar basin, the central area of Eurasia-the central area of Pan-Central Asia, and is the gathering area of the world petroleum and petrochemical industry, with oil and gas resources reserves accounting for nearly 80% of the world. 1 Karamay is a city named after oil. Karamay is a transliteration of Uyghur "Black Oil", named after a group of natural asphalt mountains in the northeast corner of the city-Black Oil Mountain. Karamay is the first large-scale oil field explored and developed after the founding of New China. Established in 1958. In 2002, its crude oil output exceeded100000 tons, making it the first large oil field in western China with a crude oil output of 10 million tons. 2011/On February 20th, Karamay was awarded the honorary title of "National Civilized City". There are many tourist attractions in Karamay, and the world ghost town has been rated as "the most magnificent Ya Dan in China" and "one of the 50 most worthwhile places for foreigners to visit in China". In 20 14, Karamay's per capita GDP reached 22,3341.42 yuan, equivalent to 36,358.24 US dollars, making it the prefecture-level city with the highest per capita GDP in Chinese mainland.