Karakul, in various spellings, means "black lake" in many Turkic languages. It may refer to:

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Karakul sheep Karakul or Qaraqul (named after Qorakoʻl, a city in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan) is a breed of domestic sheep which originated in Central Asia. Some archaeological evidence points to Karakul sheep being raised there continuously since 1400 BC ...

, a breed of domestic sheep and its pelt or wool *

Karakul (hat) A Karakul hat (Dari language, Dari/Urdu/Pashto/Uzbek Language, Uzbek/Kashmiri language, Kashmiri: ), sometimes spelled as Qaraqul hat, also called Uzbek hat and Jinnah Cap is a hat made from the fur of the Qaraqul breed of Domestic sheep, sheep. K ...

, a style of cap made with the aforementioned pelt or wool, traditionally worn in Central and South Asia

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* Qaraqullar, Azerbaijan * Qaragol, a town name used in Azerbaijan, Iran and Iraq * Karakul (China), a lake in Xinjiang Province * Qaraghol, Iran *

Qarah Gol, Khodabandeh Qarah Gol ( fa, قره گل, also Romanized as Qareh Gol; also known as Karakul and Qara Kūl) is a village in Aq Bolagh Rural District, Sojas Rud District, Khodabandeh County, Zanjan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Repub ...

, Iran * Qarah Kul, Iran *

Karakol Karakol ( ky, Каракол, Karakol, قاراقول, ; zh, 卡拉科尔), formerly Przhevalsk (russian: Пржевальск), is the fourth-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, near the eastern tip of Lake Issyk-Kul, about from the Kyrgyzstan–C ...

, the 4th largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in Issyk-Kul Region * Karaköl, Kyrgyzstan, Jalal-Abad Region * Karakol', a small village within Üch-Terek, Kyrgyzstan * Karakol Peak, mountain in Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan *

Karakol, Russia Karakol (russian: Каракол; alt, Каракол) is a rural locality (a selo) in Elekmonarskoye Rural Settlement of Chemalsky District, the Altai Republic, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontine ...

Karakol, Ust-Kansky District, Altai Republic Karakol (russian: Каракол; alt, Кара-Коол, ''Kara-Kool'') is a rural locality (a selo) in Ust-Kansky District, the Altai Republic, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning ...

Karakol, Ongudaysky District, Altai Republic Karakol (russian: Каракол; alt, Кара-Коол, ''Kara-Kool'') is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Karakolskoye Rural Settlement, Ongudaysky District, the Altai Republic, Russia. The population was 411 as of 20 ...

* Karakul, Arkhangelsky District, Bashkortostan * Karakul, Karmaskalinsky District, Bashkortostan *

Karakul deposit The Karakul deposit is one of the largest cobalt deposits in Russia. The deposit is located in Altai Republic. The deposit has reserves amounting to 180 million tonnes of ore grading 0.33% cobalt, 1.5% copper, 0.11% nickel and bismuth, 0.4% tungs ...

, Russian cobalt resource *

Karakul (Tajikistan) Karakul, Qarokul ( Kyrgyz for "black lake", replacing the older Tajik name Siob; russian: Каракуль; tg, Қарокӯл) is a diameter lake within a rather large impact crater. It is located in the Tajik National Park in the Pamir ...

, a lake in the Pamir Mountains * Karagöl, Turkey, several places * Qorako‘l, Uzbekistan, a city in Bukhara Province * Qorako‘l District, Uzbekistan

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Karakol culture Karakol culture (russian: Каракольская культура ''Karakol'skaya'' kul'tura) is a Bronze Age archaeological culture of the 2nd millennium BCE in the Altai area, contemporaneous with the Afanasiev culture. Karakol culture w ...

, a Bronze Age culture in the modern-day Altai Republic *

Karakol society The Karakol society ( tr, Karakol Cemiyeti), was a Turkish clandestine intelligence organization that fought on the side of the Turkish National Movement during the Turkish War of Independence. Formed in November 1918, it refused to merge itself w ...

, Turkish political group * Karakul (song), a song in the album Crush by Floating Points

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