- Kara-Suu
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footnotes =Kara-Suu (meaning "Black Water") is a town, a river and a valley in southwestern
Kyrgyzstan , in theFergana Valley .The Kara-Suu valley is home to two towns with similar names. The first, at N 40.71 E 72.89, is divided by a Soviet-era border between Kyrgyzstan and
Uzbekistan . The Kyrgyz town is called Kara-Suu and is a major industrial and trade center, its Uzbek counterpart is calledQorasuv (or Kara-Soo or Qorawsuw). After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Uzbek authorities destroyed the main bridge across the river, but cross-border trade continued via improvised ropeways that ferried goods and people across.The
Karasuu Bazaar in the Kyrgyz town of Kara-Suu is a highly important center of re-export of Chinese consumer goods into Uzbekistan, comparable withDordoy Bazaar inBishkek (which targets Kazakh and Russian markets). [Sebastien Peyrouse, [http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/2007/0709China-Central_Asia.pdf Economic Aspects of China-Central Asia Rapprochment] . Central Asia - Caucasus Institute, Silk Road Studies Program. 2007. p.18.]Kara-Suu gained international prominence following the
May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan and massacre in nearbyAndijan , after whichrefugees streamed across the border into Kyrgyzstan.References
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