Why visit Karamay
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 6 parks and trails, 1 place to eat and 3 places to stay in and around town.
Weather in Karamay
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About Karamay
Karamay (also spelled Karamai; Chinese: 克拉玛依, romanized: Kèlāmǎyī, Uyghur: قاراماي, romanized: Qaramay) 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.
From the Wikipedia article Karamay (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Museums and landmarks1
Parks, trails and playgrounds6
Restaurants and cafes1
Mixue Ice Cream & Tea
Fast food · Ice Cream, Bubble Tea · 0.8 km
中国连锁冰淇淋与茶饮品牌，提供高性价比的现制饮品
Mo-Su 09:00-23:00
Where to stay3
Shopping2
Schools, colleges and libraries19
Healthcare2
Map of Karamay
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Getting there and nearby towns
Karamay Airport (KRY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 14 km away.
- Baijiantan 23 km northeast, about 23 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Karamay river, Rart, CC BY-SA 4.0
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