title: Karakoksha
text: # Karakoksha
  
  Karakoksha (Russian: Каракокша; Altay: Кара-Кӧкши, Kara-Kökşi) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Karakokshinskoye Rural Settlement of Choysky District, the Altai Republic, Russia. The population was 1351 as of 2016. There are 17 streets.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Karakoksha is located southeast of Gorno-Altaysk, in the valley of the Sarakoksha River, 54 km south of Choya (the district's administrative centre) by road. Kuzya is the nearest rural locality.
  
  