Official Name: | Ming-Kush |
Native Name: | Миң-Куш |
Pushpin Map: | Kyrgyzstan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kyrgyzstan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Naryn |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jumgal |
Established Title: | urban-type settlement |
Established Date: | 1953 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 3647 |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 41.68°N 74.46°W |
Elevation M: | 2260 |
Ming-Kush (Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: Миң-Куш|lit=a thousand birds) is a village (urban-type settlement from 1953 until 2012[1]) in the Jumgal District of Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan.[2] Its population was 3,647 in 2021. It is located in the narrow Ming-Kush Valley at the right bank of the river Ming-Kush, about 45km (28miles) south of Chaek. It is the site of a former uranium mine.