A khoroo ( mn, хороо) is an administrative subdivision 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 ...

, the capital 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 China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

. The term is often translated as subdistrict or

microdistrict Microdistrict, or microraion (russian: микрорайо́н, ''mikrorajón''), is a residential complex—a primary structural element of the residential area construction in the Soviet Union and in some post-Soviet and former Socialist st ...

, although the latter might lead to confusion with

khoroolol Khoroolol ( mn, хороолол, horoolol) is the Mongolian equivalent for ''neighbourhood'' or, in densely built residential areas ( quarter), for the Russian '' mikrorayon''. In Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red ...

s. A khoroo is below the level of a

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 ...

(district). As of 2020 there is a total of 173 ''khoroo''. Each khoroo has an identifying number within its düüreg.

List of khoroo

References

Districts of Ulaanbaatar Types of administrative division {{Mongolia-geo-stub