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28-500: Kuytun has historically been associated with the 7th Xinjiang Agriculture Construction Division ( 兵团第七师 ), which ran the city until 1975 but still administers its Tianbei New Area . Local industries include food processing and textile industries, as well as Kuitun Power Plant. The name Kuytun is from the Mongolian word " хүйтэн " ( xüjten ), which literally means "cold". The Chinese name Kuiteng ( 奎騰 ) first appeared in

56-463: A cinema fire on 8 December 1994. Karamay City has jurisdiction over four districts ( 区 ; qū ). 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 . Karamay is located in

84-473: Is 7.4 °C and the average annual rainfall of 182 mm. As of 2015, There was a population of 289,397 in Kuytun City, accounting for 6.16% of Ili Autonomous Prefecture 's population. Of that, minority population of 15,768, accounting for 5.45% of Kuytun and Han population of 273,629, accounting for 94.55%. The main minorities are Hui , Kazak , Mongols and Uyghur in the city. The Hui population

112-604: 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. 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

140-505: Is generous, only occurring less than 50% of the time in November and December and the annual average total is 2,694 hours. According to the 2010 census, over 80% of Karamay's population are Han Chinese , with minorities such as Uighur , Kazakhs , Mongols and Hui making up the rest. The population of 2010 is 391,008, a rise from the 270,232 of 2000 census. The population density is 50.6 inhabitants per km . The 2015 population estimate

168-435: Is under the administration of Ili Autonomous Prefecture. The city of Kuytun is located in the middle northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region , with a north latitude of 44 degrees 19 degrees - 44 degrees 49 degrees and an east longitude of 84 degrees 47 degrees - 85 degrees 18 degrees. It is bordered by Shawan County to the east, by Dushanzi District to the south, by Wusu City to the west and by Karamay District to

196-697: Is −15.2 °C (4.6 °F) in January and soars to 27.8 °C (82.0 °F) in July and the annual mean is 8.91 °C (48.0 °F), warmer than most places at the corresponding latitude, due to the long summers. Annual precipitation is 119 millimeters (4.69 in) and the summer months record the most rainfall, despite relative humidity levels averaging around 30%. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 37% in December to 71% in September, sunshine

224-523: The 25th Infantry Division of the 9th Army of the 22rd Corps of the PLA newly formed in 1949. The 25th Infantry Division stationed in the reclamation area in 1950 and headquartered in Paotai ( 炮台 , present Paotai Town of Wusu County), and was renamed as the 7th Agricultural Construction Division ( 兵团农七师 ) in 1953. In March 1957, the 7th Division moved its headquarters to Kuytun from Paotai. In July 1958, Kuytun

252-680: The Northern Xinjiang , Second Ürümqi-Jinghe and Kuytun-Beitun Railways. 7th Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps The 7th Division ( 新疆生产建设兵团第七师 ; abbreviation for 兵团七师 ) is a division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) based in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture and Karamay City , Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region , China . It is an economic and paramilitary unit formed in 1953 from

280-455: The 1st district of Wusu County. In early 1957, The three townships of Kuytun ( 奎屯乡 ), Bashisihu ( 八十四户乡 ) and Jiujianlou ( 九间楼乡 ) were amalgamated into Xinfu Township ( 幸福乡 ). In March 1957, the 7th Division of XPCC ( 兵团农七师 ) moved its headquarters to Kuytun from Paotai ( 炮台 ). In July 1958, Kuytun was incorporated to Karamay from Wushi County. On March 25, 1975, the XPCC was withdrawn,

308-532: The 7th Agricultural Construction Division ( 兵团农七师 ) was officially restored to form in April 1982. the 7th Agricultural Construction Division of the XPCC ( 新疆生产建设兵团农业建设第七师 ; abbreviation for 兵团农七师 ) was approved to rename as the present 7th Division of the XPCC by the State Commission Office for Public Sector Reform on October 25, 2012. Karamay Karamay (also spelled Karamai )

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336-461: The 7th Division with agriculture and animal husbandry farms, and its owned industrial enterprises were devolved to the local administration. On August 29, 1975, the county-level city of Kuytun was approved to establish from Karamay by the State Council , and it was under administration of Ili Autonomous Prefecture. On September 10 of the same year, Kuitun City was officially established and

364-541: The Tianshan fold belt with multi-Gobi gravel in the south, the edge of the platform of Junggar Basin in the north. and there are more water furrows in the west of downtown. The water sources are the Kuytun River and Quangou Reservoir ( 泉沟水库 ). The region is in a moderate temperate continental arid climate, hot in summer and cold in winter, rainless. The four seasons are more distinct, the average annual temperature

392-590: The former 25th Infantry Division of the 9th Army of the 22nd Corps of the PLA . The 7th Agricultural Construction Division of the XPCC ( 新疆生产建设兵团农业建设第七师 ; abbreviation for 兵团农七师 ) was approved and renamed to the present 7th Division of the XPCC in 2012. The division is composed of 10 regiments and a direct managed farm (Kuidong Farm), and headquartered in Kuytun City . The National Army ( 民族军 ) occupied Wusu County in September 1945 and incorporated into

420-462: The north. The maximum length north–south is about 46 kilometers, the maximum is about 33 kilometers between east and west and the total area is 1,171.42 square kilometers. Kuytun City lies in the northern side of Tianshan , the southwest edge of the Junggar Basin and the Kuytun River valley. Its terrain of the city is tilted from southwest to northeast at an altitude of 450–530 meters. It is

448-471: The northwest of the Dzungarian basin, with an average elevation of 400 meters (1,300 ft). Its administrative area ranges in latitude from 44° 07' to 46° 08' N and in longitude from 80° 44' to 86° 01' E and has a maximal 240 km (150 mi) north–south extent and reaches 110 km (68 mi) in east–west width. It borders Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County to the northeast, Shawan County to

476-465: The official historical book History of Yuan , and referred to the Kuytun River. According to legend, during Genghis Khan 's campaign of westard expansion , some of his troops were stationed in the area in wintertime and commented on the cold weather by repeatedly shouting " kuytun! " The area has since been named Kuytun . At the latest in the 3rd century BC ( Qin dynasty ), the Saka people appeared in

504-582: The pastureland of Oirats , it was under the administration of Kur Qara Usu ( 庫爾喀喇烏蘇 ) of Dzungars in the Qing period . When Xinjiang Province was found in 1884, the army camps ( 军台 ) and fortress ( 营塘 ) in the province were changed into military posts ( 驿站 ), Kuytun Post ( 奎屯驿 ) was one of that in those days. The territory was Kuytun Divion ( Kuitunzhuang , 奎屯庄 ), one of nine divisions in Wusu County ( 乌苏县 ) in 1913. In 1945, Wusu County

532-808: The place of present Kuytun area. This was followed by the Great Yuezhi people and then the Usans . Kuytun was part of Protectorate of the Western Regions (59 BC) in the Han period . During the period of the Jin , Sixteen Kingdoms and Northern and Southern dynasties , it was part of Yueban , then that was followed by the Northern Wei , Rouran and then the First Turkic Khaganate . It

560-481: The seat of Ili Autonomous Prefecture was moved to Kuytun from Yining. Based on agriculture and animal husbandry farms, and industrial enterprises owned by the 7th Division of XPCC , Kuytun Bureau of Farms and Land Reclamation ( 伊犁州奎屯农垦局 ) was incorporated in July 1978. Kuytun City and the Kuytun Bureau of Farms and Land Reclamation were implemented a team with two brands. The seat of Ili Autonomous Prefecture

588-778: The southeast, Toli County and Wusu to the west and Kuytun to the south. The naturally available water supply in the Karamay area is limited: it mostly consists of two small rivers (the Baiyang River and the Da'erbute River ( 达尔不特河 ) flowing into the Dzungarian Basin from the mountains of its northwestern rim. In addition, the city receives water from the Irtysh River , over the Irtysh–Karamay Canal , which

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616-534: Was 6,364, accounting for 2.2%, Kazakhs of 5,222, accounting for 1.8%, Mongols of 1,059, Uyghurs of 1,018 and others of 2,105. Kuytun is divided into five subdistircts and a township . Kuytun is the largest material transit, distribution and transportation hub in the Northern Xinjiang area, the G30 and G3014 National Expressways , G312 and G217 National Highways meet here. It is a railway junction for

644-549: Was divided into four minggans (administrative Division below the county, 千户长 ), Kuytun was one of that. The minggan of Kuytun had five centenarii ( 百户长 ) of Kuytun ( 奎屯 ), Bayingou ( 巴音沟 ), Jiujianlou ( 九间楼 ), Huanggong ( 皇宫 ) and Bashisihu ( 八十四户 ) under its administration. The security police station ( 保安派出所 ) was found in Kuytun in 1948. In August 1950, the administrative division of minggan in Wusu County

672-425: Was incorporated to Karamay from Wushi County. On March 25, 1975, the XPCC was withdrawn, the 7th Division with its farms and enterprises were devolved to the local administration. On August 29, 1975, the county-level city of Kuytun was approved to establish from Karamay . Kuytun Bureau of Farms and Land Reclamation ( 伊犁州奎屯农垦局 ) was incorporated in July 1978. Based on Kuytun Bureau of Farms and Land Reclamation,

700-481: Was moved back to Yining from Kuytun in October 1979. The XPCC was approved to restore in December 1981. Based on the Kuytun Bureau of Farms and Land Reclamation which was revoked, the 7th Division of XPCC ( 兵团农七师 ) was restored in April 1982. The 7th Division of XPCC and local government of Kuytun City are independent of each other, the 7th Division of XPCC is under unified command of XPCC meanwhile Kuytun City

728-680: Was officially opened in 2008. A number of natural ( Ailik Lake ) and artificial ( Fengcheng , Huangyangquan) reservoirs are located in Karamay's northeastern Urho District ; they all are replenished, directly or indirectly, by water from the Irtysh–Karamay Canal. Karamay has an extremely continental desert climate ( Köppen climate classification BWk ), typified by great seasonal extremes in temperature, varying by 43.0 °C (77.4 °F); with long, very hot summers (for its latitude) and long, severely cold winters with brief spring and autumn in between. The monthly 24-hour average temperature

756-706: Was the territory of Tiele tribes in Western Turk in the Sui period and of Kunling Protectorate ( 崑陵都護府 ) in the Tang period . It was part of Toquz Oghuz and it was followed by Liao State in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period . The place was within the territory of Mongol Qurzh ( 曲儿只 ) in the period of Genghis Khan (1206 - 1227), and as part of the Chagatai Khanate between 1306 - 1330. As

784-456: Was transformed into a district, and a centenarii into a township. Kuytun was the 1st township of the 2nd district in Wusu County, and it had five unincorporated villages of Huanggou ( 黄沟 ), Tashikuitun ( 塔什奎屯 ), Kalasu ( 喀拉苏 ), Diankuitun ( 店奎屯 ) and Kaiganqi ( 开干其 ) under its administration. In the further adjustment of administrative divisions in March 1954, Kuytun became the 1st township of

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