Kara-Suu
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{{for|the town in the Naryn Province of Kyrgyzstan|Kara-Suu, Naryn}}
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'''Kara-Suu''' (meaning "Black Water") is a town, a river and a valley in southwestern [[Kyrgyzstan]], in the [[Fergana Valley]].
The Kara-Suu valley is home to two towns with similar names. The first, at N 40.71 E 72.89, is divided by a Soviet-era border between Kyrgyzstan and [[Uzbekistan]]. The Kyrgyz town is called Kara-Suu and is a major industrial and trade center, its Uzbek counterpart is called [[Qorasuv]] (or Kara-Soo or Qorawsuw). 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 re-export of Chinese consumer goods into Uzbekistan, comparable with [[Dordoy Bazaar]] in [[Bishkek]] (which targets Kazakh and Russian markets).<ref>Sebastien Peyrouse, [http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/2007/0709China-Central_Asia.pdf Economic Aspects of China-Central Asia Rapprochment]. Central Asia - Caucasus Institute, Silk Road Studies Program. 2007. p.18.</ref>
Kara-Suu gained international prominence following the [[May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan]] and massacre in nearby [[Andijan]], after which [[refugees]] streamed across the border into Kyrgyzstan.
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Kyrgyzstan]]
[[Category:Landforms of Kyrgyzstan]]
[[Category:Landforms of Uzbekistan]]
[[Category:Rivers of Kyrgyzstan]]
[[Category:Osh Province]]
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