Nogoonnuur District | |
Native Name: | Ногооннуур сум |
Native Name Lang: | mn |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mongolia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Bayan-Ölgii Province |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Total: | 6003 |
Timezone: | UTC + 7 |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Nogoonnuur (Mongolian: Ногооннуур, green lake) is a sum (district) of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia. It is primarily inhabited by ethnic Kazakhs. As of 2014 it had a population of 6003 people.[1]
Part of the potentially valuable Asgat Ag-Sb deposit[2] is within Nogoonnuur where the Asgat mine is situated on the border with Russia.