Karakul, Kara-Kul, or Kara Kul (usually from transcriptions of names in
Turkic languages
The Turkic languages are a language family of more than 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia (Siberia), and West Asia. The Turkic langua ...
meaning "Black Lake") may refer to:
Wool
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Karakul sheep
Karakul or Qaraqul (named after Qorakoʻl, a city in Bukhara Region in Uzbekistan) is a breed of domestic fat-tailed sheep which originated in Central Asia. Some archaeological evidence points to Karakul sheep being raised there continuously sinc ...
, an Uzbeki breed of domestic sheep and its pelt or wool
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Karakul (hat)
The Karakul hat (), also known by other names, is a hat made from the fur of the Karakul breed of sheep. It originally comes from Bukhara, Uzbekistan. The fur from which it is made is referred to as ''Astrakhan'', ''broadtail'', ''qaraqulcha'', o ...
, a style of cap made with the aforementioned pelt or wool, traditionally worn in Central and South Asia
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Karakul (Tajikistan)
Karakul or Qarokul ( Kyrgyz for "black lake", replacing the older Tajik name Siob; ; ; , ; ) is an endorheic lake, in diameter, located within a impact crater. It is located in the Tajik National Park in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan.
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, a lake in the Pamir Mountains
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Karakul (China)
The Karakul or Karakuli (, ; ; ; , lit. "black lake"), is a lake located 196 km southwest of Kashgar, Xinjiang. It is located in Akto County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture on the Karakoram Highway, before reaching Tashkurgan, the ...
, a lake in Xinjiang Province
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Qorako‘l or Karakul, a city in Bukhara Province, Uzbekistan
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Qorako‘l District or Karakul District, the surrounding region of Bukhara Province, Uzbekistan
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Karakul, Arkhangelsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia, a village
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Karakul, Karmaskalinsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia, a village
*Karakul, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, village in
Lower Chitral District
Lower Chitral District (; ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is mainly populated by the ethnic Kho people.
Demographics
As of the 2023 census, Lower Chitral district has 46,028 household ...
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Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
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Qarah Kul, a village in Iran
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Qaraqullar, a village in Azerbaijan
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Karakul deposit, major cobalt deposit in Altai Republic, Russia
Other
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Karakul (song), a song in the album Crush by Floating Points
See also
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Black Lake (disambiguation)
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Karakol (disambiguation)
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Qaragol (disambiguation)
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Karagöl (disambiguation) Karagöl (literally 'black lake' in Turkish) may refer to the following entities in Turkey:
* Karagöl (Giresun), a region, mountain and lake in north-central Turkey
* Karagöl (Toros)
Karagöl is a small crater lake in the Taurus Mountains in Tu ...
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