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Kara-Köl
Kara-Köl
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	Kara-Köl
	Coordinates: 41°37′52″N 72°40′7″E / 41.63111°N 72.66861°E
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Jalal-Abad
Area
• Total	1,050 km2 (410 sq mi)
Elevation	930 m (3,050 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	26,901
Time zone	UTC+6
Website	karakulgov.kg

Kara-Köl (Kyrgyz: Кара-Көл; Russian: Кара-Куль Kara-Kulʼ)^[1] is a city in Jalal-Abad Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is a city of regional significance, not part of a district.^[2] Its area is 1,050 square kilometres (410 sq mi),^[3] and its resident population was 26,901 in 2021.^[4] Kara-Köl consists of the town proper, the urban-type settlement Ketmen-Töbö and the village Jazy-Kechüü.^[2]

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-Osh highway.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1970	12,453	—
1979	17,080	+3.57%
1989	22,225	+2.67%
1999	21,478	−0.34%
2009	22,502	+0.47%
2021	26,901	+1.50%
Note: resident population; Sources:^[3]^[4]

References

^ Кара-Куль (пос. гор. типа в Киргизской ССР) in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library
^ ^a ^b "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. p. 32.
^ ^a ^b "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Jalal-Abad Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 13, 17.
^ ^a ^b "Population of regions, districts, towns, urban-type settlements, rural communities and villages of Kyrgyz Republic" (XLS) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021.

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[bse-1] Кара-Куль (пос. гор. типа в Киргизской ССР) in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library

[class-2] "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. p. 32.

[census09-3] "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Jalal-Abad Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 13, 17.

[pop21-4] "Population of regions, districts, towns, urban-type settlements, rural communities and villages of Kyrgyz Republic" (XLS) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021.

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