| Tugunbulak | |
| Map Type: | Uzbekistan |
| Map Alt: | Location within Uzbekistan |
| Relief: | yes |
| Altitude M: | 2000–2200 |
| Type: | city |
| Built: | 6th century |
| Abandoned: | 10th century |
| Location: | near Zaamin National Park, Uzbekistan |
| Region: | Turkestan Range |
| Discovered: | 2015 |
| Excavations: | 2022 |
Tugunbulak was a medieval city in the Turkestan Range, located in what is now southeastern Uzbekistan near Zaamin National Park. It and the nearby contemporary site of Tashbulak were occupied from the 6th to the late 10th centuries CE. Situated at altitudes of NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet), the city was a center of iron mining and production, through which it was connected to the Silk Road trading networks. Tugunbulak's remains occupy an area of approximately 120ha. It contained extensive walls, terraces, and fortifications.
Nearby Tashbulak was discovered by a team including American archaeologist Michael Frachetti and Uzbek archaeologist Farhod Maksudov in 2011. While investigating pottery sherds at the site in 2015, Frachetti met a forestry inspector living in the surrounding area, who informed him that he had seen similar ceramics in his backyard. Upon investigating his farmstead, Frachetti discovered the inspector's house was built on the remains of a citadel. Excavations and Lidar scans were made at the site in 2022, revealing the large urban center. After further fieldwork at the site the following year, the discovery was published in Nature in October 2024.