Karakeche, Coal mining complex in Jumgal District, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan.

Karakeche is a coal mining area in the valley of the Karakeche river, between the Moldo Too and Kabak Too ranges, 25–30 km south of Chaek in Jumgal District. It comprises five open-cast mines working a deposit within the Kavak coal basin, which extends about 75 km. The mines are the source of around half of Kyrgyzstan's coal production.

Industrial coal mining at Karakeche began in October 1985, after a 110 kV power line and a 2.5 MVA substation were commissioned in 1984. After independence the main mine stayed with the 70% state-owned firm Ak-Ulak, while smaller private operators worked other pits. On 6 June 2005 people claiming allegiance to Nurlan Motuev's Joomart movement seized the mines; Motuev was later imprisoned and in 2012 called for nationalisation.

On 6 June 2005, people claiming allegiance to the Joomart movement of Jumgal politician Nurlan Motuev seized the mines, which he described as an attempt at wealth redistribution linked to the March revolution. Motuev later served a prison sentence for the seizure and in 2012 called for the mines' nationalisation.

Karakeche lies 25–30 km south of Chaek in the Karakeche river valley, between the Moldo Too and Kabak Too ranges. There is no railway at the mines: coal goes by road to Balykchy, where it is loaded for Bishkek. Construction of a 186 km line from Balykchy began on 31 March 2022. The 37th kilometre of the Dyikan–Karakichi road was blocked by a 0.9 million m³ landslide on 14 September 2020.

The 186 km railway from Balykchy to Karakeche was officially launched by President Sadyr Japarov on 31 March 2022; an earlier 2013 proposal had also floated offering the mines to China in exchange for a trans-Kyrgyzstan line from Andijan to Kashgar. Until it is built, coal leaves by road to the Balykchy railhead.