Karaganda

Or Qa·ra·ghan·dy

[kar-uh-guhn-dah, kuh-ruh-guhn-dah]

noun

1. a city in central Kazakhstan.

Karaganda

/ 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)

Example Sentences

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.

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The fire broke out on Saturday at the Kostenko mine, which is owned by Luxembourg-based steel giant ArcelorMittal and located in Kazakhstan’s Karaganda region.

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Some 252 people were working at the Kostenko coal mine in the Karaganda region at the time of the blaze, the site’s operating company, ArcelorMittal Temirtau, confirmed in a statement.

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

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The fire broke out at the mine in Kazakhstan's Karaganda region on Thursday.

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