Karlino (formerly german: Körlin an der Persante) is a town in
Białogard County
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Białogard County ( pl, powiat białogardzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish loc ...
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West Pomeranian Voivodeship
The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was ...
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
. It has a population of 5,729 (2004). Up to the
Potsdam Agreement of 1945 it was
part of Germany, a town in the
Province of Pomerania.
Since the 14th century, the bishops of
Cammin had their residence in Körlin, which was their property.
The town is known in Poland for an
oil gusher
A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed.'All About Blowout', R. Westergaard, Norwegian Oil Review, 1987 Modern wells have blowout preventers in ...
at a nearby
exploration oil well, which
erupted and caught fire on December 9, 1980. It burned until January 14, 1981, when it was finally put out, after dominating the news for weeks. However, the hopes for oil riches which this event engendered were brief, and in the end the amount of oil discovered was not sufficient for profitable production.
International relations
Karlino is
twinned with:
References
External links
Official town webpage
Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Białogard County
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