Kara or KARA may refer to:

Geography

Localities

* Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture * Kára, Hungary, a village *

Kara, Uttar Pradesh Kara is an old township situated near Sirathu, on the banks of river Ganges, west of the city of Prayagraj in Kaushambi district in Uttar Pradesh state in India. It was capital of a very big region for centuries under the Delhi Sultanate and ...

, India, a township *

Kara, Iran Kara ( fa, کرا, also Romanized as Karā) is a village in Miyankuh-e Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District (Pol-e Dokhtar County), Central District of Pol-e Dokhtar County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was ...

, a village in Lorestan Province *

Kara, Republic of Dagestan Kara (russian: Кара; lbe, Чӏара) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a Village#Russia, selo) in Laksky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The population was 529 as of 2010. There are 9 streets. Geography ...

, a rural locality in Dagestan, Russia * Kara, Sardauna, a village in

Sardauna, Nigeria Sardauna Local Government Area is located in the extreme southeast of Taraba State in Nigeria. It sits atop the Mambilla Plateau, which is dotted by other towns such as Maisamari and Nguroje. The capital of the LGA is Gembu, which is the pri ...

Kara, Bougainville Kara is a town in southern Bougainville in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugi ...

, a town on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea * Kara, Togo, a city in northern Togo ** Kara Region **

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kara The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kara ( la, Karaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kara in the Ecclesiastical province of Lomé in Togo. History * July 1, 1994: Established as Diocese of Kara from the Diocese of Sokodé Leadership * Bis ...

, Togo *

Gaya confederacy Gaya (, ) was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period. The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is AD 42–53 ...

or Kara, a former confederation in the southern Korean peninsula *

Kara crater Kara is a meteorite crater in the Yugorsky Peninsula, Nenetsia, Russia. Heavily eroded, it is presently in diameter, though it is thought to be originally before erosion. Its age is estimated to be 70.3 ± 2.2 million years old (Late Cretaceous ...

, a meteorite crater in northern Russia

Rivers, Seas

Kara (river) The Kara (russian: Ка́ра) is a river draining to the Arctic Kara Sea in Russia. It flows through the Pai-Khoi Range in the Polar Ural region, and forms parts of the borders between the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Nenets Autonomous ...

, a river in northern Russia, flowing into the Kara Sea *

Kara River (disambiguation) Kara River may refer to: * Kara (river), a tributary of the Kara Sea in northern Russia * Kara (Shilka), a tributary of the Shilka in Zabaykalsky Krai, eastern Russia * Kara River (Togo) See also * Kara (disambiguation) Kara or KARA may refer ...

, other rivers named Kara *

Kara Lake __NOTOC__ Kara Lake is a lake in the Potosí Department Potosí (; Aymara: ''Putusi''; qu, P'utuqsi) is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km2 with 823,517 inhabitants (2012 census). The capital is the city of P ...

, Bolivia *

Kara Sea The Kara Sea (russian: Ка́рское мо́ре, ''Karskoye more'') is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. ...

, a sea in the Arctic Ocean * Kara Strait, a strait in Russia

People

Kara (name) Kara is both a given name and a surname. It is also considered to be a variant of Kara. In Turkic languages it means “BLACK”, for example, the Karakoram mountains. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Kara Kennedy Allen (19 ...

, a surname and given name, and a list of people with the name *

Kara people The Kara are an ethnic group inhabiting South Sudan and the Central African Republic. They speak the Gula language, which is a Central Sudanic language. The Kara religion is an animist faith. As a population, they exceed 100,000 members. They mai ...

, an ethnic group in Sudan they exceed 100,000 members *

Kara people (Tanzania) The Kara are an ethnic and linguistic group mainly based in the Ukerewe District, in the Tanzanian section of Lake Victoria ( Ukara Island, Ukerewe Island Ukerewe is the fifth-largest lake island in the world. With an area of , it is also th ...

, an ethnic group, estimated 86,000 members * Kara language (disambiguation)

Film and television

Kara Film Festival The Karachi International Film Festival, simply known as the Kara Film Festival (Urdu: ''کارا فلم فیسٹیول'' or ''کارا فلم'') was founded in 2001 by the KaraFilm Society, reportedly in response to the declining state of th ...

, a film festival held at Karachi, Pakistan * "Kara" (''Smallville'' episode) * "Kara" (''Supergirl'' episode) * ''Kara'', a 2012 short CGI film, which anticipates '' Detroit: Become Human''

Music

Kara (South Korean group) Kara (Hangul: 카라, Japanese: カラ, often stylized as KARA) is a South Korean pop girl group formed by DSP Media in 2007. The group's final lineup was composed of Gyuri, Seungyeon, Hara and Youngji. Members Nicole and Jiyoung official ...

, a girl group * Kara (British band), a folk music group

Other uses

* ''Kara'' (gastropod), a genus of land snails * Kara (Sikhism), a type of a steel bracelet *

KARA (FM) Kara or KARA may refer to: Geography Localities * Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture * Kára, Hungary, a village * Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township * Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province * Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Da ...

, a radio station licensed to Williams, California, United States *

KARA (New Mexico) KARA was a radio station on 1310 AM in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The station operated from December 1, 1959 to May 18, 1968. Over much of its history, KARA encountered financial difficulties, which ultimately forced the station to ce ...

, a defunct radio station formerly licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States * ''Kara'' class cruiser, a Soviet warship class *

Acadiana Regional Airport Acadiana Regional Airport is a public use airport in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by Iberia Parish, managed by the Iberia Parish Airport Authority and is located four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central bus ...

's ICAO code *

Korea Automobile Racing Association Korea Automobile Racing Association (KARA) (대한 자동차 경주 협회) is the non-profit organization that has been the custodian of motor sport in Korea. It was founded in May 1996 under Article 32 of the Civil Act of the Ministry of Culture a ...