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Karamay

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 | Copyright information

Karamay or Karamai , city (1994 est. pop. 212,600), N Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, in the Dzungarian basin. Since the discovery (1955) there of one of the largest oil fields in China, it has grown into an oil-producing and refining center.

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