Kara or KARA may refer to:

Geography

Localities

Kara, Chad Kara is a sub-prefecture of Logone Occidental Region in Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya ...

, a sub-prefecture *

Kára, Hungary Kára is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. Etymology Its name derives from the Turkish person name, ''Kara'' ( hu, fekete, en, black). He could be the first owner of the settlement. The same applies to Karád. Geography It lies south of T ...

, a village * Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township *

Kara, Iran Kara ( fa, کرا, also Romanized as Karā) is a village in Miyankuh-e Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Pol-e Dokhtar County, Lorestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ca ...

, a village in Lorestan Province *

Kara, Republic of Dagestan Kara (russian: Кара; lbe, Чӏара) is a rural locality (a selo) in Laksky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The population was 529 as of 2010. There are 9 streets. Geography Kara is located 26 km northeast of Kumukh Kumukh ( ...

, a rural locality in Dagestan, Russia * Kara, Sardauna, a village in

Sardauna, Nigeria Sardauna Local Government Area is located in the extreme southeast of Taraba State in Nigeria. It sits atop the Mambilla Plateau, which is dotted by other towns such as Maisamari and Nguroje. The capital of the LGA is Gembu, which is the pri ...

Kara, Bougainville Kara is a town in southern Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, north of Buin. Buin Airport Buin Airport (IATA:UBI) was an airport located near Kara, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. History World War II The airfield was constructed by t ...

, a town on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea *

Kara, Togo Kara is a city in northern Togo, situated in Kara Region, 413 km north of the capital Lomé. Kara is the capital of the Kara region and, according to the 2010 census, had a population of 94,878. The Kara River flows through the city and is it ...

, a city in northern Togo **

Kara Region Kara is one of Togo's five regions. Kara is the regional capital. Other major cities in the Kara region include Bafilo, Bassar, and Niamtougou. Kara is divided into the prefectures of Assoli, Bassar, Bimah, Dankpen, Doufelgou, Kéran, and ...

** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kara, Togo *

Gaya confederacy Gaya (, ) was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period. The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is AD 42– ...

or Kara, a former confederation in the southern Korean peninsula * Kara crater, a meteorite crater in northern Russia

Rivers, Seas

Kara (river) The Kara (russian: Ка́ра) is a river draining to the Arctic Kara Sea in Russia. It flows through the Pai-Khoi Range in the Polar Ural region, and forms parts of the borders between the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Nenets Autonomo ...

, a river in northern Russia, flowing into the Kara Sea *

Kara River (disambiguation) Kara River may refer to: * Kara (river) The Kara (russian: Ка́ра) is a river draining to the Arctic Kara Sea in Russia. It flows through the Pai-Khoi Range in the Polar Ural region, and forms parts of the borders between the Yamalo-Nenet ...

, other rivers named Kara *

Kara Lake __NOTOC__ Kara Lake is a lake in the Potosí Department, Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms ...

, Bolivia *

Kara Sea The Kara Sea (russian: Ка́рское мо́ре, ''Karskoye more'') is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipel ...

, a sea in the Arctic Ocean *

Kara Strait The Kara Strait or Kara Gates (russian: Карские Ворота, translit=Karskiye Vorota) is a wide channel of water between the southern end of Novaya Zemlya and the northern tip of Vaygach Island. This strait connects the Kara Sea and ...

, a strait in Russia

People

* Kara (name), a surname and given name, and a list of people with the name *

Kara people The Kara are an ethnic group inhabiting South Sudan and the Central African Republic. They speak the Gula language, which is a Central Sudanic language. The Kara religion is an animist faith. As a population, they exceed 100,000 members. They ma ...

, an ethnic group in Sudan they exceed 100,000 members *

Kara people (Tanzania) The Kara are an ethnic and linguistic group mainly based in the Ukerewe District, in the Tanzanian section of Lake Victoria Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's l ...

, an ethnic group, estimated 86,000 members *

Kara language (disambiguation) Kara language may refer to: * Kara language (Korea), a language of the Gaya confederacy in southern Korea * Kara language (Papua New Guinea), an Austronesian language spoken in the Kavieng District, Papua New Guinea * Kara language (Tanzania), a Ba ...

Film and television

* Kara Film Festival, a film festival held at Karachi, Pakistan * "Kara" (''Smallville'' episode) * "Kara" (''Supergirl'' episode) * ''Kara'', a 2012 short CGI film, which anticipates '' Detroit: Become Human''

Music

* Kara (South Korean group), a girl group *

Kara (British band) Kara were a folk music group from Hertfordshire, England, whose music has been called "spirited acoustic folk with a Russian twist". Their debut album, ''Waters So Deep'', was acclaimed by ''The Daily Telegraph''. Personnel The latest line-up m ...

, a folk music group

Other uses

* ''Kara'' (gastropod), a genus of land snails *

Kara (Sikhism) A kara ( pa, ਕੜਾ (Gurmukhi), (Shahmukhi) कड़ा (Devanagari)) is a steel or cast iron (''sarb loh'') bangle worn by Sikhs. It is expected to be worn by all Sikhs. It is one of the five kakars or five Ks—external articles of fai ...

, a type of a steel bracelet * KARA (FM), a radio station licensed to Williams, California, United States * KARA (New Mexico), a defunct radio station formerly licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States * ''Kara'' class cruiser, a Soviet warship class * Acadiana Regional Airport's ICAO code * Korea Automobile Racing Association