Karakol

Karakol (Каракол) is a city in Kyrgyzstan on the east of Lake Issyk Kul. Wikivoyage

Population 85,588 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Kyrgyzstan

• 101FireFire
• 102PolicePolice
• 103AmbulanceAmbulance
• 161AnyAll emergencies

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Ата мекендик согушта жок болгон үчүн Memorial · 590 m
• Ypkyh Monument · 640 m
• Ашырбай Коенкозов Memorial · 690 m
• Pushkin Memorial · 720 m
• Holy Trinity Cathedral Attraction · 770 m
• Afghanistan memorial Memorial · 790 m
• Border Guards Memorial Memorial · 840 m
• Batken Memorial Memorial · 840 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Somewhere to run

• Victory park 430 m across 590 m
• Pushkin Park 380 m across 740 m
• Hippodrom 820 m across 1.8 km
• Omuken Seilakunov Central Park 350 m across 1.0 km

Getting around

• South Bus Station 1.1 km
• Такси 1.8 km
• Ысык-Көл автовокзалы 2.4 km

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