Get to know Baijiantan District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Karamay
- Chinese name
- 白碱滩区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 1,268.00 km²
- Population · 2020
- 50,825
- Administrative seat
- Zhongxing Road Subdistrict
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Rooms from the early oilfield
The cave-dwelling complex began construction in 1964 and covers six hundred square metres. It provided space for oil-production teams to work, study and live. The site now serves as an oil-industry memorial museum in its original location. Displays include aluminium lunchboxes, enamel mugs and old military coats among nearly three hundred objects.
Machinery, pipelines and sculpture
From the Baili Oilfield Viewing Platform (百里油区观景平台), rows of pumpjacks and silver pipelines extend across the Gobi. At Baishatan (白沙滩), a metal-welded sculpture garden contains forty works, including abstract animal-like and building-like forms. Petroleum Culture Park (石油文化公园) has a geological canyon area with exposed rock layers and a military-equipment area displaying tanks and artillery.
Sources for this guide
101窑洞_白碱滩区人民政府 · Baijiantan District Government Office
【景区介绍】白碱滩区旅游信息服务指南_旅游_白碱滩区人民政府 · Baijiantan District Government
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-27.
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Baijiantan District 白碱滩区
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Getting there
Baijiantan District is about 25 km in a straight line from central Karamay. Search for 白碱滩区 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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