# Karakeche

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{{Short description|Coal mining area in Kyrgyzstan}}
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thumb|Coal mine in Karakeche, Naryn region
'''Karakeche''' ({{langx|ky|Каракече}}, also ''Kara-Keche'') is a [coal mining](/source/coal_mining) area in [Jumgal District](/source/Jumgal_District), [Naryn Region](/source/Naryn_Region), [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan). It is located in the valley of the river Karakeche ([Naryn](/source/Naryn_(river)) basin), between the mountain ranges [Moldo Too](/source/Moldo_Too) and [Kabak Too](/source/Kabak_Too), 25–30&nbsp;km south of [Chaek](/source/Chaek).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://new.bizdin.kg/media/books/География_Кыргызстана.pdf|title=Каракече көмүр кени|trans-title=Karakeche coal deposit|encyclopedia=Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan]|page=157|language=ky|year=2004|location=Bishkek}}</ref> It is the site of five open cast coal mines, source of around half of Kyrgyzstan's national coal production<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav040706.shtml|title=Eurasianet Report 2006|accessdate=28 November 2023}}</ref> with estimated reserves of 438 million tonnes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/news/articles/eav042109i.shtml|title=Eurasia Report 2009|accessdate=28 November 2023}}</ref> This coal is mostly sent to [Bishkek](/source/Bishkek) via the railway at [Balykchy](/source/Balykchy). The extension of that railway all the way to Karakeche was proposed in 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://akipress.com/news:520371/|title=Kyrgyz Government plans to construct Balykchy-Kara-Keche railway to resolve coal transportation problem|website=akipress.com|accessdate=28 November 2023}}</ref> while other reports have suggested that the mines might be offered to China in return for the construction of a trans-Kyrgyzstan railway linking [Andijan](/source/Andijan), [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan) with [Kashgar](/source/Kashgar), China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/news/articles/eav042109i.shtml|title=Eurasianet $2 billion railway report|accessdate=28 November 2023}}</ref>

On 31 March 2022, President [Sadyr Japarov](/source/Sadyr_Japarov) officially launched construction of the new 186&nbsp;km railway from Balykchy to Karakeche.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/kyrgyz-president-launches-construction-of-railway-to-kara-keche/61435.article|title=Kyrgyz president launches construction of railway to Kara-Keche|first=Railway Gazette|last=International |date=2022-04-25 |website=Railway Gazette International|accessdate=28 November 2023}}</ref>

==History==
The Kara-Keche mines were developed during the Soviet era, with first production in 1985.<ref>[http://www.mbendi.com/indy/ming/coal/as/kg/p0005.htm MBendi Report]</ref> After independence they were partly privatised, though the main mine remained under the 70% state-owned firm Ak-Ulak.<ref>[http://www.mbendi.com/indy/ming/coal/as/kg/p0005.htm MBendi 2004 report]</ref> According to news reports, local people believed that smaller privately owned operating companies, Joldoshbaev's ''Besh-Sary'',  Isabaev's ''Meerim-Sharbon'' and Sasykulov ''Ak-Jol'', had asset stripped their respective operations and made little attempt to comply with basic financial or environmental standards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://msn.kg/ru/news/11721/|title=Десант во взрывоопасный Кара–Кече - «МСН» - новости Кыргызстана|website=msn.kg|accessdate=28 November 2023}}</ref> Whether or not this was true, the mines were dramatically seized on 6 June 2005 by people claiming allegiance to the Joomart movement of Jumgal politician [Nurlan Motuev](/source/Nurlan_Motuev), in what Motuev reportedly described as an attempt at [redistribution of wealth](/source/redistribution_of_wealth) relevant to the [March revolution](/source/Tulip_Revolution).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iwpr.net/report-news/kyrgyz-politicians-feel-publics-wrath|title=IWPR Report|access-date=28 November 2023}}</ref> Motuev later served a prison sentence for the seizure, and in 2012 called for the mines' nationalisation.<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-305901413/new-kyrgyz-patriotic-movement.html New Kyrgyz Patriotic Movement] accessmylibrary.com {{dead link|date=November 2023}}</ref>

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