KLADNO

mining city, Stredocesk kraj (region), Czech Republic, northwest of Prague. The two original forest villages of Kladno and Butehrad developed after 1842 as the industrial centre of the Kladno hard-coal basin. There are local deposits of iron, but most is imported. The town has blast furnaces and a rolling mill and is the site of large steelworks. Finished parts for the machine industry, cables, bicycles, and semifinished products are manufactured; steel alloys and pig iron are also produced. Pop. (1991 prelim.) 70,301.