Karaganda

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Karaganda is a large industrial city in central Kazakhstan known for its coal mining industry and Soviet-era history.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Karaganda Region 2
Karaganda city administration 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
industrial city
administrativeStatus city of regional significance
climate continental climate
continent Asia
country Kazakhstan
developedSignificantlyDuring Soviet era
economicRole major industrial center of Kazakhstan
economicSector energy production
manufacturing
foundedAs mining settlement
governingBody Karaganda self-linksurface differs
surface form: Karaganda city administration
hasAirport Sary-Arka Airport
hasCoalBasin Karaganda coal basin
hasCulturalInstitution Karaganda Regional Drama Theater
Karaganda Regional Museum of Local History
hasEthnicGroup Germans
surface form: Germans of Kazakhstan

Kazakhs
Russians
hasIndustry chemical industry
coal mining
machine building
metallurgy
hasNotableSite Soviet-era architecture
monuments to victims of political repression
hasPopulationRankInKazakhstan one of the largest cities
hasReligiousBuilding Catholic churches
Orthodox churches
mosques
hasSportsTeam Shakhter Karagandy football club
hasStatus major coal-mining center of the former Soviet Union
hasUniversity Karaganda Buketov University
Satbayev University
surface form: Karaganda State Technical University
historicalRegion Kazakh SSR
surface form: Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
isRegionalCapitalOf Karaganda self-linksurface differs
surface form: Karaganda Region
isServedBy Karaganda railway station
knownFor Soviet-era history
coal mining industry
languageMajority Kazakh language
surface form: Kazakh

Russian
locatedIn Central Kazakhstan
locatedInTimeZone UTC+6
nearbyLaborCampHistory KarLag system of Gulag camps
partOf Karaganda self-linksurface differs
surface form: Karaganda Region
postalCountryCode KZ
transportConnection railway network of Kazakhstan
wasPartOf Soviet Union

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Karaganda governingBody Karaganda self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Karaganda city administration
Karaganda isRegionalCapitalOf Karaganda self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Karaganda Region
Kazakhstan majorCity Karaganda
Karaganda partOf Karaganda self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Karaganda Region