Settlement Type: | urban-type settlement |
Official Name: | Muruntau |
Pushpin Map: | Uzbekistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uzbekistan |
Coordinates: | 41.5267°N 65.5983°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Uzbekistan |
Subdivision Name1: | Navoiy Region |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Zarafshon |
Established Title: | Urban-type settlement |
Established Date: | 1976 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 4320 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | UZT |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
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]
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]