Кара-Ой
Kara-Oi
The place
Кара-Ой (Kara-Oy, "Black home/town" in Kyrgyz) in Osh oblast, Kara-Kulja/Uzgen area (Ferghana Alai, Kyrgyzstan), at 1864 m altitude, Alai foothills. Continuous Kyrgyzstan cluster (batches 341-348, 2 entries). Community yurt/ail (semi-sedentary Kyrgyz kishlak, 2,000-year Alai tradition of vertical transhumance, summer jailoo 3000+ m + winter 1500 m valley), area of the Alai (main range in southern Kyrgyzstan, Pamir foothills + Ferghana basin, Ferghana Valley, highest population density in Central Asia, 300 people/km², Uzbeks 22% + Uyghurs 5% in a Kyrgyzstan that is 70% ethnic Kyrgyz), heritage of the British-Russian imperial Great Game 1813-1907 in the Pamir (Kipling's Kim 1901, spies, Sir Aurel Stein, Silk Road expeditions, Xinjiang oases, Xi'an-Kashgar 4500 km silk caravans 130 BC to the 16th century).
The setting
Osh Kara-Kulja/Uzgen Ferghana Alai Kyrgyzstan 1864 m Alai foothills, continuous cluster batches 341-348 2 entries, community yurt/ail semi-sedentary kishlak Alai 2,000-year tradition jailoo summer 3000+/winter 1500 m valley, Alai range S KG Pamir foothills + Ferghana basin 300 people/km² Uzbeks 22%+Uyghurs 5% KG 70% ethnic Kyrgyz, imperial Great Game 1813-1907 Pamir Kipling Kim 1901 Stein Silk Road Xi'an-Kashgar 4500 km caravans 130 BC-16th c.
