| Official Name: | Qarakül |
| Native Name: | Каракүл |
| Native Name Lang: | tt |
| Settlement Type: | derevnya |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Tatarstan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Russia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tatarstan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Biektaw District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +3:00 |
Qarakül (Tatar: Каракүл|translit=Qarakül) is a rural locality (a derevnya) in Biektaw District, Tatarstan. The population was 117 as of 2010.[1]
Qarakül is located 44 km northwest of Biektaw, district's administrative centre, and 46 km northwest of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.[1] [2]
The village was established in the 18th century.Its name derives from the words qara (black) and kül (lake).[3]
From 18th to the first half of the 19th centuries village's residents belonged to the social estate of state peasants.
By the beginning of the twentieth century, village had a mosque, a mekteb and 2 small shops.
Before the creation of the Tatar ASSR in 1920 was a part of Qazan Uyezd of Qazan Governorate. Since 1920 was a part of Arça Canton; after the creation of districts in Tatar ASSR (Tatarstan) in Döbyaz (1930–1963), Yäşel Üzän (1963–1965) and Biektaw districts.[1]