Kara-Köl (Kyrgyz: Кара-Көл; Russian: Кара-Куль Kara-Kulʼ)[1] is a city in Jalal-Abad Region of Kyrgyzstan.

[2] Its area is 1,050 square kilometres (410 sq mi),[3] and its resident population was 26,901 in 2021.

[4] Kara-Köl consists of the town proper, the urban-type settlement Ketmen-Töbö and the village Jazy-Kechüü.

[2] Located on the river Naryn, downstream (southwest) of the Toktogul Dam, the city was built in the 1960s to house the construction workers for the dam, and granted city status in 1977.

From the reservoir to Tash-Kömür the river flows through a gorge with a series of dams (the 'Lower Naryn Cascade').