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Karamay
Karamay is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The name of the city comes from the Uyghur language and means "black oil", referring to the oil fields near the city. Karamay was the site of one of the worst disasters in modern Chinese history, the 1994 Karamay fire, when 324 people, including 288 school children, lost their lives in a cinema fire on 8 December 1994. Karamay is an exclave of Tacheng Prefecture. History Subdivisions Karamay City has jurisdiction over four districts ( zh, s=区, p=qū, labels=no). They are not contiguous as Dushanzi District is located south of the Lanxin Railway and forms an exclave, separated from the rest of Karamay City by Kuytun City. Together with Kuytun City, Karamay City forms an enclave surrounded on all sides by Tacheng Prefecture. Geography Karamay is located in the northwest of the Dzungarian basin, with an average elevation of . Its administrative area ranges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Karamay Fire
The Karamay fire () occurred on 8 December 1994 when the students were entertaining the visiting officials at a theatre in Karamay, Xinjiang, China. This fire remains the most notorious fire in China for the fact that the students were ordered to remain seated to allow the visiting officials to walk out first when the fire happened. The fire killed 325, including 288 schoolchildren. Building design The Friendship Theatre was built in 1958 following Soviet architecture, renovated starting in 1989 and reentered operation in December 1991. The building had three floors and was originally designed with a capacity of 796 people. The renovation increased it to 810. The soundproofing material was made of asbestos and polyurethane, the curtains were made of cotton. In certain positions, the spotlight was only at a distance of 20 cm from the stage curtains. Due to a lack of awareness on fire safety, the refurbishments of the theatre introduced many flammable objects, such as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia. Being the largest province-level division of China by area and the 8th-largest country subdivision in the world, Xinjiang spans over and has about 25 million inhabitants. Xinjiang borders the countries of Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. The rugged Karakoram, Kunlun and Tian Shan mountain ranges occupy much of Xinjiang's borders, as well as its western and southern regions. The Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract regions, both administered by China, are claimed by India. Xinjiang also borders the Tibet Autonomous Region and the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai. The most well-known route of the historic Silk Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karamay District
Karamay District ( ug, قاراماي رايونى, translit=Qaramay Rayoni, K̡aramay Rayoni, ) is a district within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of Karamay City Karamay is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The name of the city comes from the Uyghur language and means "black oil", referring to the oil fields near the city. Karamay w .... It contains an area of 5,351 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 150,000. County-level divisions of Xinjiang {{Xinjiang-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urho District
Orku District ( zh, s=乌尔禾区, t=烏爾禾區, p=Wū'ěrhé Qū; ug, ئورقۇ رايونى, translit=Orqu Rayoni, Ork̡u Rayoni, ) is a district within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Karamay City. It contains an area of . According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 10,000. Orku District is supplied with water by the Baiyang River and the Irtysh–Karamay Canal. The canal's Fengcheng Reservoir The Fengcheng Reservoir () is a reservoir on the Irtysh–Karamay Canal in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. It is about 15 km north of the main urban area of Urho District of Karamay City; administratively, the location is near the border ... is located at the northern border of the district, about north of the district's main urban area. Transport * China National Highway 217 County-level divisions of Xinjiang {{Xinjiang-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orku District
Orku District ( zh, s=乌尔禾区, t=烏爾禾區, p=Wū'ěrhé Qū; ug, ئورقۇ رايونى, translit=Orqu Rayoni, Ork̡u Rayoni, ) is a district within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Karamay City. It contains an area of . According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 10,000. Orku District is supplied with water by the Baiyang River and the Irtysh–Karamay Canal. The canal's Fengcheng Reservoir The Fengcheng Reservoir () is a reservoir on the Irtysh–Karamay Canal in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. It is about 15 km north of the main urban area of Urho District of Karamay City; administratively, the location is near the border ... is located at the northern border of the district, about north of the district's main urban area. Transport * China National Highway 217 County-level divisions of Xinjiang {{Xinjiang-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dushanzi District
Dushanzi District or Maytag District, is a district of the city of Karamay, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ..., China and is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Karamay City. It contains an area of . According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 60,000. Transport * China National Highway 217 County-level divisions of Xinjiang {{Xinjiang-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baijiantan District
Baijiantan District ( zh, s=白碱滩区; ug, جەرەنبۇلاق رايونى) is a district of the city of Karamay in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest .... It contains an area of . According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 60,000. Transport * China National Highway 217 County-level divisions of Xinjiang {{Xinjiang-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuytun
Kuytun or Kuitun (), is a county-level city with about 285,000 residents (2000 census) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Kuitun is located between Wusu and Shihezi on the Lanxin railway, railway from Ürümqi to Kazakhstan, close to a desert. The city was historically associated with the 7th Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, 7th Xinjiang Agriculture Construction Division (), which had run it until 1975, and still continues to administer the city's Tianbei New Area. Local industries include food processing and textile industries, as well as Kuitun Power Plant. Name The name of ''Kuytun'' () was from the Mongolian language, meaning ''extreme cold'' (). The name of ''Kuiteng'' (), which firstly appeared in the official historical book ''History of Yuan'' (), was the present Kuytun River. According to legend, in the period of Mongol invasions and conquests, Mongolian Westward Expansion, Genghis Khan' troops once stationed in the place, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prefecture-level City
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China's prefectural cities were designated as counties as the country's second level division below a province. From 1949 to 1983, the official term was a province-administrated city (Chinese: 省辖市). Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative structure (alongside prefectures, leagues and autonomous prefectures). Administrative chiefs (mayors) of prefectural level cities generally have the same rank as a division chief () of a national ministry. Since the 1980s, most former prefectures have been renamed into prefectural level cities. A prefectural level city is a "city" () and "prefecture" () that have been merged into one consolidated and unified jurisdiction. As such it is simultaneously a city, which is a munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County
Hoboksar (), sometimes referred with the historic name Hefeng County (), is an autonomous county for Mongol people in the middle north of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Western China, it is under administration of Tacheng Prefecture. The county has an area of with a population of 62,100 (as of 2010 Census). It has eight towns and townships and seven farms, ''Hoboksar Town'' is its county seat. Name The name of ''Hoboksar'' () was individually referred to as "Hobok" () and "Sar" () from the Mongolian language. Hobok is ''Hobok River'' (), it means "sika deer" (), the river was named after its river basin within huge amount of sika deer in the past. Sar is the Salair Mountains and it means horseback (), the mountain was named after its shape like a horseback. History At the latest starting from the Qin dynasty, the Saka people appeared in the place of present Hoboksar area. This was followed by the Usans and Xiongnu people. The place was part of Usan Sate in the Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prefecture-level City
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China's prefectural cities were designated as counties as the country's second level division below a province. From 1949 to 1983, the official term was a province-administrated city (Chinese: 省辖市). Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative structure (alongside prefectures, leagues and autonomous prefectures). Administrative chiefs (mayors) of prefectural level cities generally have the same rank as a division chief () of a national ministry. Since the 1980s, most former prefectures have been renamed into prefectural level cities. A prefectural level city is a "city" () and "prefecture" () that have been merged into one consolidated and unified jurisdiction. As such it is simultaneously a city, which is a munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wusu
UsuThe official spelling according to , (Beijing, ''SinoMaps Press'' 1997); as the official romanized name and transliterated from Mongolian, also known as Wusu, is a county-level city with more than 100,000 residents in Xinjiang, China. It is a part of Tacheng Prefecture of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. Oil-production is a major part of the economy while the county is an oasis in the Dzungarian Basin. Wusu lies between the major cities of Bole and Shihezi in Northern Xinjiang and west of Ürümqi and Kuitun, south of Karamay. Transport Wusu is served by China National Highway 312, the Northern Xinjiang and the Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railways. Administrative divisions Subdistrict (街道) * Xinshiqu Subdistrict (新市区街道, يېڭىشەھەر كوچا باشقارمىسى), Nanyuan Subdistrict (南苑街道, جەنۇبى باغچا كوچا باشقارمىسى), Xichengqu Subdistrict (西城区街道, غەربىي شەھەر كوچا باشقارمىسى), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
