Karabulak

Karabulak is a settlement in the country around Sayram, at the foot of the western Tian Shan. Its name refers to a local spring, one of the water sources that sustain settlements along the mountain edge. Local traditions remember families arriving from places such as Ikan and Otrar, linking the village to the older towns of southern Turkistan. Gardens and fields spread across the foothills, between the mountain streams and the open lands to the west.