Kara-Suu () is a town in
Osh Region,
Kyrgyzstan, in the
Fergana Valley. The town is 23 km northeast of
Osh and is the capital of
Kara-Suu District
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. Its population was 26,609 in 2021.
It is a major industrial and trade center, on the border with
Uzbekistan. On the other side of the border is the town
Qorasuv
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(before 1991: ''Ilyichovsk''). After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Uzbek authorities destroyed the main bridge across the river, but cross-border trade continued via improvised ropeways that ferried goods and people across.
The
Karasuu Bazaar in the Kyrgyz town of Kara-Suu is a highly important center of import of Chinese consumer goods into Southern Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, comparable with
Dordoy Bazaar
Dordoy Bazaar ( ky, Дордой Базары, Dordoj Bazary, russian: Рынок Дордой; also spelled Dordoi Bazaar in English) is a large wholesale and retail market in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It is one of Asia's greatest public marketplace ...
in
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 ...
(which targets Northern Kyrgyzstan, Kazakh and Russian markets).
[Sebastien Peyrouse]
Economic Aspects of China-Central Asia Rapprochment
. Central Asia - Caucasus Institute, Silk Road Studies Program. 2007. p.18.
Kara-Suu gained international prominence following the
May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan
On 13 May 2005, protests erupted in Andijan, Uzbekistan. At one point, troops from the Uzbek State Security Service (Uzbekistan), National Security Service (SNB) fired into a crowd of protesters. Estimates of those killed on 13 May range from 187, ...
and massacre in nearby
Andijan, after which
refugees
A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution. streamed across the border into Kyrgyzstan.
Demographics
The permanent population of Kara-Suu, according to the Population and Housing Census of 2009, was 20,862. The average age was 26.5 years.
Sports
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Abdygany Radzhapov Central Stadium
Abdygany Radzhapov Central Stadium is a football stadium in Kara-Suu, Kyrgyzstan. It is the home stadium of Jashtyk-Ak-Altyn of the Kyrgyzstan League
Kyrgyz Premier League ('' ky, Кыргыз Премьер Лигасы, Keurgeuz Premier Lig ...
References
Populated places in Osh Region
Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan border crossings
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