Karakol

Karakol, formerly Przhevalsk, is the fourth-largest city in , near the eastern tip of , about 150 kilometres from the Kyrgyzstan–China border and 380 kilometres from the capital .
  • City with about 85,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,780 metres (5,840 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code IKG
  • …was formerly known as “Пржевальск”
  • Description: city in Kyrgyzstan
  • Also known as
    “Prjeval’sk”
    “Przheval’sk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Karakol International Airport and Dungan Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chelpek.
is a village.
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Latitude
42.4917° or 42° 29′ 30″ north
Longitude
78.3969° or 78° 23′ 49″ east
Open location code
8JJWF9RW+MP
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Karakol” goes by many names.
KarakolAlbanian
ካራኮልAmharic
قاراقولArabic
قرة قولArabic
قره قولArabic
كاراكولArabic
Կարա-ԿոլArmenian
KarakolAsturian
काराकोलAwadhi
KarakolAzerbaijani
PrjevalskAzerbaijani
QarakolAzerbaijani
ҠараҡулBashkir
KarakolBasque
КараколBelarusian
ПржавальскBelarusian
কারাকোলBengali
КараколBulgarian
КаракулBulgarian
KaràkolCatalan
KarakolCebuano
Karakol (kapital sa lalawigan)Cebuano
قاراقۆلCentral Kurdish
КараколChechen
卡拉科尔Chinese
卡拉科爾Chinese
卡拉阔尔Chinese
KarakolCroatian
KarakolCzech
KarakolDanish
KarakolDutch
PrzjevalskDutch
كاراكولEgyptian Arabic
KarakolEsperanto
KarakolEstonian
PrževalskEstonian
KarakolFinnish
KarakulFinnish
KarakolGalician
KrakolGalician
ყარაქოლიGeorgian
ΚαρακόλGreek
કારકોલGujarati
KarakolHausa
קארקולHebrew
काराकोलHindi
KarakolHungarian
KarakolIndonesian
KarakolItalian
Prževal’skItalian
カラコルJapanese
KarakolJavanese
ಕರಾಕೋಲ್Kannada
QarakólKara-Kalpak
QaraqolKazakh
ҚарақолKazakh
Қарақол қаласыKazakh
قاراقولKazakh
KarakolKirghiz
КараколKirghiz
Каракол шаарыKirghiz
KarakolKölsch
카라콜Korean
KarakolLatin
MelanochiropolisLatin
KarakolaLatvian
KarakolasLithuanian
PrževalskisLithuanian
KarakolMacedo-Romanian
КараколMacedonian
KarakolMalay
करकोलMarathi
КараколMoksha
ХарголMongolian
KarakolNorthern Frisian
KarakolNorwegian
KarakolNorwegian Bokmål
KarakolNorwegian Nynorsk
KarakolOromo
КараколOssetian
ਕਾਰਾਕੋਲPanjabi
قاراقولPersian
قاراقول، قرقیزستانPersian
قراکول، قرقیزستانPersian
قره‌قولPersian
KarakołPolish
PrzewalskPolish
قره قولPushto
KarakolRomanian
КараколRussian
Пржевальск (historical)Russian
KarakolScots
КараколSerbian
කරකොල්Sinhala
KarakolSlovenian
PrževalskSlovenian
KarakolSomali
KarakolSwahili
KarakolSwedish
Karakol (oblasthuvudort)Swedish
ҚарақўлTajik
ҚарокӯлTajik
ҚароқӯлTajik
கரக்கோல்Tamil
КараколTatar
КаракулTatar
కరకోల్Telugu
KarakolThai
PrzhevalskThai
การาโกลThai
คาราคอลThai
เปอร์เซวัลสค์Thai
KarakolTurkish
КараколUkrainian
KarakolUpper Sorbian
PržewalskUpper Sorbian
قاراقولUrdu
کاراکولUrdu
کراکولUrdu
QoraqoʻlUzbek
KarakolVeps
KarakolVietnamese
KarakolWaray (Philippines)
کاراکولWestern Panjabi
卡拉科尔(吉尔吉斯斯坦)Wu Chinese

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