Kara-Köl ( ky, Кара-Көл; russian: Кара-Куль ''Kara-Kulʼ'')
is a
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
in
Jalal-Abad Region of
Kyrgyzstan. It is a city of regional significance, not part of a district.
Its area is ,
and its resident population was 26,901 in 2021.
Kara-Köl consists of the town proper, the
urban-type settlement Ketmen-Töbö and the village Jazy-Kechüü.
[
Located on the river Naryn, downstream (southwest) of the Toktogul Dam, the city was built in the 1960s to house the construction workers for the dam, and granted city status in 1977. Currently, it is home to the staff of the hydroelectric plant. From the reservoir to Tash-Kömür the river flows through a gorge with a series of dams (the 'Lower Naryn Cascade').
The city is on the M41, near the ]Bishkek
Bishkek ( ky, Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of ...
- Osh highway.
Population
References
Populated places in Jalal-Abad Region
{{jalalAbad-geo-stub