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Karaganda

American  
[kar-uh-guhn-dah, kuh-ruh-guhn-dah] / ˌkær ə gənˈdɑ, kə rə gʌnˈdɑ /
Or Qaraghandy

noun

  1. a city in central Kazakhstan.


Karaganda British  
/ kərəɡanˈda /

noun

  1. Also called: Qaraghandy.  a city in E central Kazakhstan, founded in 1857: a major coal-mining and industrial centre. Pop: 412 000 (2005 est)

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Gennady Silinsky, a senior emergency services official, on Sunday confirmed the death toll and continuing operation in Karaganda, a major coal mining centre, to Kazakhstan's Khabar-24 television.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2023

In August, four miners were killed after a fire broke out at the Karaganda mine.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023

“Personally I am pained,” said Bishop Adelio Dell’Oro of the Kazakh diocese of Karaganda.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2022

He said Sharshukov attended an institute in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, and completed an advanced training degree titled, “Hockey Theory and Methods of Sports Training.”

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2022

When Valentina was ejected from the ship, she parachuted several hundred miles northeast of the city of Karaganda.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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