Kök-Say

Kök-Say ("blue ravine") is a village in a limestone gorge of the Karatau, in the Karatau planning zone of the Autonomous Tribal Regions (ATR). Its population is about 450 (2022 estimate).^[1] The village lies in the shade of the gorge walls, beside a stream whose water looks blue over the pale limestone, and it is reached by a single dirt road. Its families winter sheep and goats in stone pens along the gorge and take them onto the Kyzylkum Fringe in spring.^[2]

References

1. ^ United Nations Mission in Irad (2022). Settlements and Services in the Karatau Zone. Kara-Oi.
2. ^ Talas State University Press (2009). Archaeological Map of the Karatau and the Kyzylkum Fringe. Talas.