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Rail Transport In Mongolia
Rail transport in Mongolia is an important means of travel in the landlocked country of Mongolia, which has relatively few paved roads. According to official statistics, rail transport carried 93% of Mongolian freight and 43% of passenger turnover in 2007. The Mongolian rail system employs 12,500 people. The national operator is UBTZ (Ulaanbataar Railway, mn, Улаанбаатар төмөр зам), traditionally also known as Mongolian Railway (MTZ, mn, Монголын төмөр зам). This can be a source of confusion, since MTZ is a distinct company established in 2008. The Mongolian Railway College is located in Ulaanbaatar. Routes The Trans-Mongolian Railway connects the Trans-Siberian Railway from Ulan Ude in Russia to Erenhot and Beijing in China through the capital Ulaanbaatar. The Mongolian section of this line runs for .Montsame News Agency. ''Mongolia''. 2006, , p. 93 The Trans-Mongolian Railway runs through Mongolia on Russian gauge track, changing to sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nalaikh
Nalaikh () is one of nine Düüregs (districts) of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into 8 Khoroo A khoroo ( mn, хороо) is an administrative subdivision of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The term is often translated as subdistrict or microdistrict, although the latter might lead to confusion with khoroolols. A khoroo is below the l ...s (subdistricts). Unlike most other düüregs, Nalaikh is technically a separate city, but still under the common administration of the capital. Notable people * Kyokutenho Masaru - sumo wrestler References Districts of Ulaanbaatar Populated places in Mongolia {{Mongolia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oyu Tolgoi
The Oyu Tolgoi mine, also ( mn, Оюутолгой, ; "Turquoise Hill"), is a combined open pit and underground mining project in Khanbogd sum within the south Gobi Desert, approximately east of the Ömnögovi Province capital Dalanzadgad. The site was discovered in 2001 and is being developed as a joint venture between Turquoise Hill Resources (a majority owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto) with 66% ownership and the Government of Mongolia with 34%. The mine began construction as of 2010 and shipped its first batch of copper on 9 July 2013. The Oyu Tolgoi mining project is the largest financial undertaking in Mongolia's history and is expected upon completion to produce of copper annually. Financing for the project has come in part from the Rio Tinto Group and an investment agreement between Ivanhoe Mines and the government of Mongolia. Rio Tinto reached an agreement with the government in January 2022 to move the joint Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project forward and resolve o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavan Tolgoi
Tavan Tolgoi ( mn, Таван толгой, also Tavantolgoi, Tavantolgoy, "Five Hill") is one of the world's largest untapped coking and thermal coal deposits, located in the Ömnögovi Province in southern Mongolia. It has a total estimated resource of 6.4 billion tonnes, one quarter of which is high quality coking coal. It is divided into six sections: Tsankhi, Ukhaa Khudag, Bor tolgoi, Borteeg, and Southwest and Eastern coalfields. The Tsankhi section is the largest part, and is divided into East and West Tsankhi - these have had the most focus recently. All of Tavan Tolgoi is owned by Erdenes MGL (a government owned company) except for Ukhaa Khudag section which is mined by the Mongolian Mining Corporation. Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC (Erdenes TT), a subsidiary of Erdenes MGL, is managing the development of East Tsankhi, and the company is due to float on the Hong Kong, London and Ulaanbaatar stock markets in late 2012. Mining of West Tsankhi is planned to be contracted to a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Gauge
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in East Africa. It is the most widely used track gauge around the world, with approximately 55% of the lines in the world using it. All high-speed rail lines use standard gauge except those in Russia, Finland, and Uzbekistan. The distance between the inside edges of the rails is defined to be 1435 mm except in the United States and on some heritage British lines, where it is defined in U.S. customary/Imperial units as exactly "four feet eight and one half inches" which is equivalent to 1435.1mm. History As railways developed and expanded, one of the key issues was the track gauge (the distance, or width, between the inner sides of the rails) to be used. Different railways used different gauges, and where rails of different gauge met – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulan Bator Train Station
Ulaanbaatar ( mn, Улаанбаатар өртөө) is the main railway station of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The station is the center of regional and international traffic in Mongolia, and is the largest station in the country. The Trans-Mongolian Railway passes through the station. History The station was opened in 1949. In 2014 it became the main terminal of the Ulaanbaatar Railbus. Trains Media File:Leaving Ulan Bator station.webm File:ULAAN_BAATAR_Station.jpg File:Ulan_Bator_railway_station_2008_1.JPG File:Ulaanbaatar_railway_station.jpg References External links Official website of Mongolian Railway {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulaanbaatar Train Station Railway stations in Mongolia Train station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ... Articles containing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mardai
Mardai is an abandoned uranium mining town located in the Dornod aimag of Mongolia, in a remote area north of Choibolsan. The Dornod area was prospected for uranium ore by the Soviet Union beginning in the late 1940s. In 1972, a Soviet geological expedition discovered significant uranium reserves and in 1988 the Erdes Mining Enterprise began operation. Mardai was a "secret city" that housed the mine's Russian engineers and technical staff. Mining stopped in 1993 following the fall of the Soviet Union and Mardai, which had housed about 10,000 Soviet personnel, was completely abandoned. Local Mongolian people then scavenged the city for building materials, leaving behind a ruined ghost town. References External linksУраны төлөөх уралдаан ба уралцаан [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borzya
Borzya ( rus, Борзя, p=ˈborzʲə; bua, Бооржо, ''Boorjo''; mn, Боорж, ''Boorj'') is a town and the administrative center of Borzinsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located southeast of Chita, the administrative center of the krai. Population: Geography The town is located on the river Borzya—a right-hand tributary of the Onon—about from the border with Mongolia in the south and from the border with China in the southeast. Climate Borzya has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dwb'') bordering on a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dwc'') and a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification ''BSk''), with severely cold winters and warm summers. Precipitation is quite low but is significantly higher from June to September than at other times of the year. History Although there had been human settlement on the present site of the town since the 18th century, the modern town began with the construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choibalsan (city)
Choibalsan ( Mongolian: ) is the fourth-largest city in Mongolia after Ulaanbaatar, Darkhan, and Erdenet. The name of the city was Bayan Tümen () until 1941, when it was renamed after the communist leader Khorloogiin Choibalsan in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Mongolian Revolution of 1921. It is the capital of the province of Dornod. The city administrative unit's official name is Kherlen sum, with area of . It is situated at the Kherlen River, at an elevation of above sea level. History The location has been a post on a trading route for centuries. In the 19th century it grew into a city, and became the economic hub of eastern Mongolia in the twentieth century and is still serving as an active economic center for Eastern Mongolia. Due to the city's proximity to the site of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, it contains a museum dedicated to Georgy Zhukov, hero of the battle. Population The city of Choibalsan has a population of 45,490 (1994), 41,714 (2000), 36,142 (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
