8Baganuur ( mn, Багануур, , ''Little Lake'') is one of nine

düüreg 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 c ...

s (districts) of the

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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 ...

. It is subdivided into six

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). Baganuur is a distanced district, located as an

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of on the border between the Töv and Khentii

aimag An aimag (, ; xal, әәмг, ), originally a Mongolian word meaning 'tribe', is an administrative subdivision in Mongolia, Russia, and in the Inner Mongolia region of China. Mongolia In Mongolia, an aimag is the first-level administrative ...

s. It was created as a

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army base for the 12th Motor Rifle Division. Later the largest open-pit coal mine in Mongolia was built here. Baganuur city is one of the largest industrial production locations in Mongolia, especially coal mining and would rank among the country's ten largest cities. There are efforts under way to separate its administration from the capital to make it an independent city.

Transportation

Baganuur is the endpoint of a side line of the

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, which connects to the main line in

Bagakhangai Bagakhangai ( mn, Багахангай, ''small wooded area'') is one of nine düüregs (districts) of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. Bagakhangai is an exclave of southeast of the main part of the capital surrounded by Töv Province. It wa ...

. Due to high operation cost, Mongolian Railway had stopped passenger service on the Ulaanbaatar-Baganuur-Ulaanbaatar, although freight trains still normally transport coal to Ulaanbaatar and other neighbouring towns. Baganuur is also accessible via 138 km of paved road completed in 2004.

2008 methanol scare

On December 31, 2007, Baganuur became the center of a massive

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poisoning case that stemmed from substandard production methods of a local vodka manufacturer. The poison killed 14 people and hospitalized dozens of others. This case led to a complete ban of vodka sales in Ulaanbaatar for several days, and also highlighted one of Mongolia's

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problems.

Climate

Baganuur has a dry-winter

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(

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''Dwc'').

References

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