Karaganda Kazakhstan region

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• overview
• population
• economy

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Karaganda Kazakhstan region overview

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Karaganda oblast map location

Karaganda or Karagandy (Kazakh people spelling) region (oblast) of Kazakhstan lies mostly in Kazakhstan Uplands in dry steppe zone, rising gradually in elevation eastward to a maximum in the Karkaraly Mountains of 5,115 feet (1,559 m).

The principal rivers of Karaganda oblast, Nura and Sarysu, are in the west, in the Musbel lowland. The climate of Karaganda region is continental (tending to extremes) and dry, with severe winters, marked by prolonged snowstorms and hurricane-force winds. From Kazakh people language "karaganda" is a place rich in acacia.

Karaganda Kazakhstan region capital - Karaganda (Qaraghandy) city.
Karaganda Kazakhstan region population - 1,375,000 (2006 est.).
Karaganda Kazakhstan region area - 428,000 sq. km.

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Karaganda Kazakhstan region population

The major cities of Karaganda oblast, after Karaganda, the capital, are Temirtau, Shakhtinsk, Saran, Abay, and Karkaralinsk.

The population of Karaganda region is about 85 percent urban, with the Kazakhs predominating. Russians, Ukrainians, Germans, Tatars and Belorussians also living there. A lot of people of the last four groups were deported from their European homelands by Soviet authorities.

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Karaganda Kazakhstan region economy

The principal economic resource of Karaganda region is Karaganda coal basin, although manganese, tungsten, molybdenum, and lead and zinc are also mined. Other mineral resources of Karaganda region include barite, nickel, iron ore and copper.

Spring wheat and fodder grasses are grown, and sheep, horses, and camels are bred in more arid regions of the west of Karaganda oblast.

Dairying, truck gardening, and the cultivation of millet are carried on around Karaganda region but must be supported by irrigation. The water being brought by Irtysh-Karaganda Canal, which also supplies the industry of Karaganda city. Although large-scale industrialization began only about 1930, partly through the use of forced labor, Karaganda is now a major industrial center of Kazakhstan.

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