Nogoonnuur District
Ногооннуур сум ᠨᠣᠭᠤᠭᠠᠨᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷᠰᠤᠮᠤ | |
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Country | Mongolia |
Province | Bayan-Ölgii Province |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 6,003 |
Time zone | UTC+7 (UTC + 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.