Karakol

Karakol (, "Qaraqol"/"Karakol", formerly Przhevalsk (), is a city of about 68,800 people in Kyrgyzstan, near the eastern tip of Lake Issyk-Kul and about from the Kyrgyz-Chinese border. It is the capital of Issyk-Kul Region.
Its area is and 66,294 people lived here in 2009.