Kara-Suu 1898225 220193191 2008-06-18T18:33:22Z 91.203.168.3 {{for|the town in the Naryn Province of Kyrgyzstan|Kara-Suu, Naryn}} {{Infobox Settlement |official_name = Kara-Suu |native_name = Карасуу |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Kyrgyzstan |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Kyrgyzstan |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Kyrgyzstan|Province]] |subdivision_name =‎ [[Image:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg|25px]] [[Kyrgyzstan]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Osh Province]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |established_title = |established_date = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |area_magnitude = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_urban_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of= |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_urban = |population_metro = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_density_km2 = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |latd=40|latm=42|lats=|latNS=N |longd=72|longm=53|longs=|longEW=E |elevation_footnotes= |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }} '''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. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Kyrgyzstan]] [[Category:Landforms of Kyrgyzstan]] [[Category:Landforms of Uzbekistan]] [[Category:Rivers of Kyrgyzstan]] [[Category:Osh Province]] {{Kyrgyzstan-geo-stub}} [[de:Karasuu]] [[et:Karasuu]] [[fr:Kara-Suu]] [[ru:Кара-Суу]]