Muruntau

Muruntau
urban-type settlement
Muruntau Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 41°31′36″N 65°35′54″E
Country	Uzbekistan
Region	Navoiy Region
City	Zarafshon
Urban-type settlement	1976
Population  (2002)
• Total	4,320
Time zone	UTC+5 (UZT)

Muruntau (Uzbek: Muruntov/Мурунтов, Russian: Мурунтау) is an urban-type settlement in the Navoiy Region, Uzbekistan. Administratively, it is part of the city Zarafshon.[1] The town's population in 1989 was 9193 people.[2]

Economy

Near Muruntau in the Kyzylkum, also spelled Kyzyl Kum or Qizilqum, is the largest gold mine in the world the open pit Muruntau mine which is part of the Zarafshan gold complex and was operated by the Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combinat (NMMC) though its Central Mining Administration (CMA) since 1964.[3]

References

1. "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
2. Population census-1989
3. Critics Say Uzbekistan's Crackdown On Radicalism May Fuel the Fervor