Showing posts with label Dungan Mosque. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dungan Mosque. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 August 2013

The south eastern edge of Issyk Kul Lake - Karakol city

Karakol is a major city on the south eastern edge of Issyk-Kul Lake and the fourth largest city in Kyrgyzstan.

Dungan Mosque

The Dungan mosque with distinctive Chinese influence was built by the Dungan community, the Chinese Muslim refugees who fled persecution in their home country in the late 1800s.