Karaj
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Karaj , city (1991 pop. 442,387), Tehran prov., N Iran, on the Karaj River. It is an agricultural market and a transportation center. Chemicals are manufactured there.
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