Kara-Keche

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Kara-Kече is a coal deposit and settlement of the same name in Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan, operated by the state-owned Kyrgyzkomur JSC through its Kara-Kечe branch. The site gained wide attention in 2005 after activist Nurlan Motuyev seized the coal mine, earning him the nickname the "Coal King." The branch has repeatedly been linked to management and financial irregularities, as well as transport disruptions caused by seasonal flooding damaging access roads.