Sükhbaatar ( mn, Сүхбаатар, , russian: Сухэ-Батор) is the capital of
Selenge Province
Selenge ( mn, Сэлэнгэ) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of 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 C ...
in northern
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, ...
, on the
Orkhon river. As of late 2007, the city population is 19,224.
[Official site of the Selenge aimag (version 2008)](_blank)
History
The city was founded in 1940 and named after the Mongolian revolutionary leader
Damdin Sükhbaatar
Damdin Sükhbaatar ( mn, Дамдины Сүхбаатар, Damdinii Sühbaatar, ; February 2, 1893 – February 20, 1923) was a Mongolian communist revolutionary, founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, and leader of the Mongolia ...
.
Transport
Sükhbaatar is the northernmost
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
on the
Trans-Mongolian Railway
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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 Ru ...
in Mongolia. The first railway station on the Russian side of the border is
Naushki
Naushki (russian: На́ушки; bua, Наашхи, ''Naashkhi'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kyakhtinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located near the border with Mongolia, from the town of Kyakhta. ...
.
Taxi service is available at the railway station and about a block north. Taxis offer service within Sükhbaatar as well as neighbouring Sums, like Shaamar (10,000- 15,000 tugs for whole car or 2,000 per person), you can also get a taxi to Darkhan for 8,000-10,000 tugs per person.
Climate
Sükhbaatar has a dry-winter warm-summer
continental climate
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing som ...
(
Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
''Dwb'').
References
Districts of Selenge Province
Populated places established in 1940
Aimag centers
Mongolia–Russia border crossings
1940 establishments in Mongolia
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