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Bor-Öndör
Bor-Öndör ( mn, Бор-Өндөр) is a city in Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia. It is situated in the Darkhan sum (district), but is administrated separately. Geography The City is at an elevation of 1300 meters and located close to the northern semi-desert edge of the Gobi Desert. Its administrated area is 144 km². Population The population was 6,406 in 2001, and had grown to 8,510 by 2006, in more recent data from 2010, the city's population fell to 8,080 ''Rural Poverty Reduction Programme'': semi-annual report 2007 Bor-Öndör is the second most populous city in after the capital |
Khentii Province
Khentii ( mn, Хэнтий) is one of the 21 Aimags of Mongolia, aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the east of the country. Its capital is Chinggis City. The aimag is named after the Khentii Mountains. It is best known as the birthplace and likely final resting place of Temüjin, otherwise known as Genghis Khan. Geography The aimag borders with Russia in the north. The neighbouring aimags are Selenge Province, Selenge in the northwest, Töv Province, Töv in the west, Govisümber Province, Govisümber in the southwest, Dornogovi Province, Dornogovi in the south, Sükhbaatar Province, Sükhbaatar in the southeast, and Dornod Province, Dornod in the east. The border to Töv is divided by the city of Baganuur, an administrative exclave of Ulaanbaatar. The northwest of the aimag is covered by the eastern part of the Khentii Mountains, towards the southeast the landscape changes into the eastern Mongolian steppe plains. The mountain Burkhan Khaldun in the Khan Khentii Stric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airag, Dornogovi
Airag ( mn, Айраг, also Khar-Airag, Hara-Ayrag, Kumis) is a Sums of Mongolia, sum (district) and town of Dornogovi Province in southeastern Mongolia. Airag sum center is a fluorspar mining settlement, the primary fluorspar mining and processing enterprises are at Bor-Öndör city (Khentii Province, Khentii aimag). The railway station connecting Bor-Öndör (60 km) via Airag to Ulan Bator and Beijing is at the sum center. In 2009, its population was 3,598.Statistics office of Dornogovi Aimag/ Report 2009 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khajuu-Ulaan
Khajuu-Ulaan ( mn, Хажуу-Улаан, also Hadju-Ulan, Hadzhu-Ulan) is urban-type settlement in Ikhkhet sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in south-eastern Mongolia. Khajuu-Ulaan is located 53 km SE from Darkhan sum center and 43 km NE of Bor-Öndör city of Khentii Province, 26 km NW from the Ikhkhet sum center and 79 km NE from Airag sum center of Dornogovi Province. In Khajuu-Ulaan is the fluorspar Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, CaF2. It belongs to the halide minerals. It crystallizes in isometric cubic habit, although octahedral and more complex isometric forms are not uncommon. The Mohs scal ... open pit mine, fluorspar is transported to the Bor-Öndör processing plant. Mining communities in Mongolia {{Mongolia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkhan, Khentii
Darkhan ( mn, Дархан) is a sum (district) of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, .... Bor-Öndör city is 43 km S from the sum center. In 2010, its population was 1,549.National Census 2010 (sum level divisions) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga. According to the 2021 Census, 437,565 people lived in Ulan-Ude; up from 404,426 recorded in the 2010 Census, making the city the third-largest in the Russian Far East by population. Names Ulan-Ude was first called Udinskoye (, ) for its location on the Uda River. It was founded as a small fort in 1666. From around 1735, the settlement was called Udinsk (, ) and was granted town status under that name in 1775. It was renamed Verkhneudinsk (, ; "Upper Udinsk") in 1783, to differentiate it from Nizhneudinsk ("Lower Udinsk") lying on a different Uda River near Irkutsk which was granted town status that year. The descriptors "upper" and "lower" refer to the positions of the two cities relative to each other, rather than the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainshand
Sainshand ( mn, Сайншанд; ) is the capital of Dornogovi Province in Mongolia. It is located in the eastern Gobi desert steppe, on the Trans-Mongolian Railway. Administration The territory of Sainshand sum consists of 5 ''bags'' (communes). The first three ''bags'' make up the main part of the city, ''Övör'' (Southern), the fourth ''bag'' is the ''Ar'' (Northern) part, and the fifth ''bag'' is the remote oil production settlement Züünbayan, south from the main part of the city. Geography The northern and southern parts are divided by a range of hills. The main Dornogovi Province institutions are located in the southern part of the city. Population The city has a population of 25,450 (2021 census), 19,548 (2006, est.), 19,891(2008, est.). The population of the northern part was 4,944 at the end of 2006 and 4,822 at the end of 2008. The population of the southern part was 12,687 at the end of 2006 and 13,463 at the end of 2008. Sights The restored Buddhist monaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choir (city)
Choir (; mn, Чойр, ) is a city in east-central Mongolia. It is the capital of Govisümber Province. Choir is officially known as Sümber sum. History Choir was a military base during the Soviet period. In 1989, the Soviet anti-aircraft missile units left Choir. The longest runway in Mongolia, now abandoned, is located 25 km N from Choir, a relic of that period. In 1992, the military cantonment passed into the jurisdiction of Govisümber Province, according to the 1992 constitution. Near the railway station is a statue commemorating Mongolia's first cosmonaut, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa. Geography Location Choir lies in the Choir Depression, a lowland strip about 150 km long and 10 to 20 km wide, about 500 m lower than the surrounding upland. It lies at an altitude of 1269 m. Climate Choir has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification ''BSk'') with warm summers and severely cold winters. Most precipitation falls in the summer as rain, with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dornogovi Province
Dornogovi ( mn, Дорноговь, ''East Gobi'') is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordering PR China's autonomous region of Inner Mongolia. Dornogovi is located in the Gobi desert and frequent sand- and snow storms amplify the hard weather conditions of Mongolia. Temperatures can range from to with ground temperatures as high as . Dornogovi has ample reserves of groundwater, but no lakes or rivers. Administrative subdivisions * - tosgon (urban-type settlement). ** - The aimag capital Sainshand Sainshand ( mn, Сайншанд; ) is the capital of Dornogovi Province in Mongolia. It is located in the eastern Gobi desert steppe, on the Trans-Mongolian Railway. Administration The territory of Sainshand sum consists of 5 ''bags'' (commune ... References Provinces of Mongolia Gobi Desert States and territories established in 1931 1931 establishments in Mongolia {{Mongolia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalanjargalan
Dalanjargalan ( mn, Даланжаргалан, Seventy happiness also Ulaantolgoi)) is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in south-eastern Mongolia. Sum center is Olon Ovoo railway station on Trans-Mongolian Railway (Ulan Bator - Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...) line and abandoned Soviet air force base location. Eldev Coal Mine is 21 km N from sum center. In 2009, its population was 2,554.Statistics office of Dornogovi Aimag/ Report 2009 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikhkhet
Ikhkhet ( mn, Иххэт) is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in south-eastern Mongolia. Zülegt fluorspar mine is located in the northern part of the sum. In 2009, its population was 2,176.Statistics office of Dornogovi Aimag/ Report 2009 Sharavyn Gungaadorj, the Prime Minister of Mongolia
The Prime Minister of Mongolia () is the head of government of Mongolia and heads the Mongolian cabinet. The Prime Minister is appointed by the Mongolian parliament or the State Great Hural, and can be removed ...
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Trans-Mongolian Railway
, map_name = , map_state = collapsed , embedded = The Trans-Mongolian Railway follows an ancient tea-caravan route from China to Russia and connects Ulan-Ude, on the Trans–Baikal ( Trans–Siberian) railway in Russia, with the Chinese city of Jining, by way of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. Other important stops are Sükhbaatar, Darkhan, Choir, and Zamyn-Üüd/Erenhot (border crossing and gauge-changing station). The line was built between 1949 and 1961. In most of Mongolia, it is single track, and in China double track. The gauge is in Russia and Mongolia and in China. There are important branches leading to Erdenet and Baganuur. History Railway development came late to Mongolia. Construction of the Trans-Mongolian line began in 1947, reaching Ulan Bator from the north in 1950 and the Chinese border in 1955. Before that the only railways in Mongolia had been a line (opened in 1938) connecting the coal mines at Nalaikh to the capital and a So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
} Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 million residents. It has an administrative area of , the third in the country after Guangzhou and Shanghai. It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jingjinji megalopolis and the national capital region of China. Beijing is a global city and one of the world's leading centres for culture, diplomacy, politics, finance, busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
