Bagakhangai ( mn, Багахангай, ''small wooded area'') is one of nine
düüregs (districts) of the
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, ...
n capital of
Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...
. Bagakhangai is an exclave of southeast of the main part of the capital surrounded by
Töv Province
Töv ( mn, Төв, , ; "central") is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The national capital Ulaanbaatar is located roughly at its center, but the city itself is administrated as an independent municipality.
Geography
The Aimag inc ...
. It was established as the home of a
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
military air base. It is subdivided into two
khoroos (subdistricts), #1 ( mn, Нэгдүгээр) khoroo and #2 ( mn, Хоёрдугаар) khoroo.
Districts of Ulaanbaatar
Populated places in Mongolia
Enclaves and exclaves
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