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Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

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Osh Region Osh Region ( ky, Ош облусу, translit=Osh oblusu; russian: Ошская область, Oshskaya oblast) is a region (''oblast'') of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Osh, which is not part of the region. It is bounded by (clockwise) Jalal-Abad Re ...

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, in the

Fergana Valley The Fergana Valley (; ; ) in Central Asia lies mainly in eastern Uzbekistan, but also extends into southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan. Divided into three republics of the former Soviet Union, the valley is ethnically diverse and in the ...

. The town is 23 km northeast of

Osh Osh (Kyrgyz: Ош, romanised Osh; uz, O‘sh/Ўш) is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country and often referred to as the "capital of the south". It is the oldest city in the country (e ...

and is the capital of

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. Its population was 26,609 in 2021. It is a major industrial and trade center, on the border with

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

. On the other side of the border is the town

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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 ...

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 Andijan (sometimes spelled Andijon or Andizhan in English) ( uz, Andijon / Андижон / ئەندىجان; fa, اندیجان, ''Andijân/Andīǰān''; russian: Андижан, ''Andižan'') is a city in Uzbekistan. It is the administrative, ...

, 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

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 {{Osh-geo-stub