Kurupung is a mining community in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni

Cuyuni-Mazaruni

Cuyuni-Mazaruni is a region of Esequiban Guyana, a territory in dispute by Guyana and Venezuela, bordering the regions of Barima-Waini, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara and Pomeroon-Supenaam to the north, the region of Upper Demerara-Berbice to the east, the region of Potaro-Siparuni and Brazil to...

 Region of Guyana

Guyana

Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...

, near the Pakaraima Mountains, located at 6°28′0"N 59°10′0"W.

Kurupung has two airstrips (one at the top of the mountain and one at the bottom of the mountain) (Airport code KPG), a primary school, a police station, a health unit, and a sub-office of the Elections Commission.