Karakeche (Kyrgyz: Каракече, also Kara-Keche) is a coal mining area in Jumgal District, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan.
It is located in the valley of the river Karakeche (Naryn basin), between the mountain ranges Moldo Too and Kabak Too, 25–30 km south of Chaek.
[5] On 31 March 2022, President Sadyr Japarov officially launched construction of the new 186 km railway from Balykchy to Karakeche.
[7] After independence they were partly privatised, though the main mine remained under the 70% state-owned firm Ak-Ulak.
[8] 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.