| Karan | |
| Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
| Pushpin Map: | Mali |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mali |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mali |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Koulikoro Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kangaba Cercle |
| Population As Of: | 2009 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 6874 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 12.1328°N -8.5264°W |
Karan is a small town and urban commune in the Koulikoro Region of southwestern Mali. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 6,874.