Zarafshon

Also known as Zarafshan

Zarafshon (, ) is a city in the center of Uzbekistan's Navoiy Region. Administratively, it is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Muruntau. It has an area of and 85,100 inhabitants (2021).

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Place details

Locality: Zarafshon shahri
Region: Navoiy Viloyati
Country: Oʻzbekiston
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Zarafshon
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_caption: Zarafshan
Settlement.pushpin_map: Uzbekistan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uzbekistan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Uzbekistan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Navoiy Region
Settlement.area_total_km2: 20
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021
Settlement.population_total: 85100
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: UZT
Settlement.utc_offset: +05:00
Settlement.elevation_m: 400
Settlement.postal_code: 706801

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Wikidata facts

Population: 34864
Elevation: 400
Image: Зарафшан 13 мая 2020 (Узбекистан, Навои).jpg

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postal code: 706801
Commons category: Zarafshon
native label: Zarafshon, Зарафшон
inception: 1965-00-00
P12749: May 2

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Zarafshon is called "the gold capital of Uzbekistan". It is home of the Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Company's Central Mining Administration, charged with mining and processing gold from the nearby Muruntau open-pit mine. Between 1995 and 2006, the Muruntau gold mining and processing operation was run by the Zarafshan-Newmont Joint Venture, a foreign direct investment by Newmont Mining Corporation of Denver, Colorado.