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Sainshand
Sainshand (; ) is the capital of Dornogovi Province in Mongolia. It is located in the eastern Gobi Desert steppe, on the Trans-Mongolian Railway. Administration The territory of Sainshand sum consists of 5 ''bags'' (communes). The first three ''bags'' make up the main part of the city, ''Övör'' (Southern), the fourth ''bag'' is the ''Ar'' (Northern) part, and the fifth ''bag'' is the remote oil production settlement Züünbayan, south from the main part of the city. Geography The northern and southern parts are divided by a range of hills. The main Dornogovi Province institutions are located in the southern part of the city. The district has a total area of 2,300 km2. Population The city has a population of 25,450 (2021 census), 19,548 (2006, est.), 19,891(2008, est.). The population of the northern part was 4,944 at the end of 2006 and 4,822 at the end of 2008. The population of the southern part was 12,687 at the end of 2006. Climate Sainshand experiences a desert cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sainshand Railway Station
Sainshand (; ) is the capital of Dornogovi Province in Mongolia. It is located in the eastern Gobi Desert steppe, on the Trans-Mongolian Railway. Administration The territory of Sainshand sum consists of 5 ''bags'' (communes). The first three ''bags'' make up the main part of the city, ''Övör'' (Southern), the fourth ''bag'' is the ''Ar'' (Northern) part, and the fifth ''bag'' is the remote oil production settlement Züünbayan, south from the main part of the city. Geography The northern and southern parts are divided by a range of hills. The main Dornogovi Province institutions are located in the southern part of the city. The district has a total area of 2,300 km2. Population The city has a population of 25,450 (2021 census), 19,548 (2006, est.), 19,891(2008, est.). The population of the northern part was 4,944 at the end of 2006 and 4,822 at the end of 2008. The population of the southern part was 12,687 at the end of 2006. Climate Sainshand experiences a desert clima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sainshand Wind Farm
The Sainshand Wind Farm is a 49.6 MW wind farm in Sainshand, Dornogovi Province, Mongolia. History The wind farm owner company Sainshand Salkhin Park LLC was established in 2009. The initiation of the project was announced in August 2017. The construction of the wind farm started in March 2018 with the arrival of the first wind turbine. The first wind turbine was fully installed in April 2018. The wind farm was commissioned in September 2018. Architecture The wind farm spans over an area of 486 hectares. Technical specification The wind farm has a total installed generation capacity of 55 MW. It consists of a total of 25 wind turbines with each having 2.2 MW rated capacity. The rotor diameter of the wind turbine is 120 meters and the swept area is 11,310 m2. The hub height of the turbine is 80 meters and the length of each blade is 59 meters. The nacelle of the turbine is 10.4 meters long and 3.5 meters wide. Finance The wind farm was constructed with a cost of US$120 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Züünbayan, Sainshand
Züünbayan (, ), also Zuun-Bayan, Zun-Bayan, Dzun-Bayan is a bag in Sainshand sum (district) of Dornogovi Province, Mongolia. This settlement is officially the 5th ''bag'' (commune) of the Dornogovi Province capital Sainshand, which sum territory was expanded for about 50 km south to the Gobi Desert to include Züünbayan. Züünbayan population was 1,917 (end of 2006, est.) and 1,606 at the end of 2008. Location Züünbayan is 46 km South from Sainshand city center. The Erdene sum center is 67 km E from Züünbayan, Ulaanbadrakh sum center is 88 km SE, Khövsgöl sum center is 116 km S, Saikhandulaan sum center is 70 km W. History Züünbayan oilfield in East Gobi was discovered by Mongolian geologist J. Dugersuren and Soviet geologist Yu.S.Zhelubovsky in 1940. In 1947, "Mongolnefti" () trust was established and an oil refinery with a processing capacity of about per year was built in Züünbayan in 1950. Between 1950 and 1969, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gobi Solar Power Plant
The Bukhug Solar Power Plant is a photovoltaic power station in Sainshand, Dornogovi Province, Mongolia. History The environmental impact assessment before the construction of the power plant was carried out in 2013. Construction of the power plant started in 2018. The power plant was commissioned in February 2019. Technical specifications The power plant has a total generation capacity of 30 MW. It generates 57 GWh of electricity annually. Finance The power plant was constructed with a cost of US$47.5 million. About US$31.6 million of it was lend by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. See also * List of power stations in Mongolia The following page lists all power stations in Mongolia. Coal Hydroelectric Photovoltaic Wind References {{Power stations Power stations in Mongolia, Lists of power stations by country, Mongolia Lists of buildings and s ... References 2019 establishments in Mongolia Buildings and structures in Dornogov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Danzanravjaa
Dulduityn Danzanravjaa (; 1803–1856) was a prominent Mongolian writer, composer, painter, Buddhist scholar, physician and the fifth Noyon Khutagt, the Lama of the Gobi. His name is a Mongolian adaptation of the last part of the Tibetan name Lobsang Tenzin Rabgye given to Danzanravjaa by the fourth Bogd Gegeen on his visit to the Mongolian capital, Urga (present-day Ulaanbaatar), in 1812 – where Danzanravjaa was also recognized as an Incarnate Lama (Tib: Tulku).Kohn, Michael Lama of the Gobi: How Mongolia's Mystic Monk Spread Tibetan Buddhism in the World's Harshest Desert, Blacksmith Books, (2010) There are several versions concerning the origins and use of "Dulduityn". He was the fifth incarnation of the Gobi Noyon Khutagt, which is the title of a prominent line of tulkus of the Nyingmapa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia and was found by the personal attendant of the fourth Noyon Khutagt in 1809. It was not possible to enthrone Danzanravjaa as the fifth Noyon Hutag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dornogovi Province
Dornogovi (, ''East Gobi'') is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordering PR China's autonomous region of Inner Mongolia. Dornogovi is located in the Gobi Desert and frequent sand- and snow storms amplify the hard weather conditions of Mongolia. Temperatures can range from to with ground temperatures as high as . Dornogovi has ample reserves of groundwater, but no lakes or rivers. Administrative subdivisions * - tosgon (urban-type settlement). ** - The aimag capital Sainshand Sainshand (; ) is the capital of Dornogovi Province in Mongolia. It is located in the eastern Gobi Desert steppe, on the Trans-Mongolian Railway. Administration The territory of Sainshand sum consists of 5 ''bags'' (communes). The first three ... Demographics In 2020, the majority of the religion of the residents is Buddhism (89.1%) followed by Shamans (6%), Christianity (2.2%) and other religions (2.8%). Economy In 2018, the prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Danzanravjaa Museum
The Danzanravjaa Museum () is a museum located in Sainshand, Dornogovi Province, Mongolia. The museum is dedicated to exhibiting various Mongolian cultural artifacts. History The museum first opened in 1991, Altangerel Zundui displayed 64 artifacts including historical chests, books and scriptures to the public in the museum. Later, the Government of Mongolia passed a resolution in which the museum objects were registered as unique historical treasures of Mongolia. The museum contains more than 2000 exhibits, the value of which is about 17 billion Mongolian tögrög according to the National Census. The museum preserves Buddhist artifacts that survived the period of the Mongolian People's Republic. Lama Tuduv, curator of these artifacts, hid them in various craters in the desert. Two months later, soldiers were sent to destroy Lama Tuduv's monastery. The Lama grandson in 1991 began to excavate the artifacts hidden in the desert, these artifacts were well preserved due to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Trans-Mongolian Railway
The Trans-Mongolian Railway (, ) connects Ulan-Ude on the Trans-Siberian Railway in Buryatia, Russia, with Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia, China, via Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. It was completed in 1956, and runs from northwest to southeast with major stations at Naushki/ Sükhbaatar on the Russian border, Darkhan, Züünkharaa, Choir, Sainshand, and Zamyn-Üüd/ Erenhot on the Chinese border, where the railway changes from single-track to double-track and its gauge changes from 1,520 mm Russian gauge to 1,435 mm standard gauge. The railway also has important branch lines to Erdenet and Baganuur. History Railway development came late to Mongolia. In 1937, a line was built from Ulan-Ude in the Soviet Union to Naushki on the border with Mongolia. In 1939, a paved road was extended to Ulaanbaatar, the country's capital. Construction of a rail line from Naushki to Ulaanbaatar was delayed by World War II, and completed in November 1949. The Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rail Transport In Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar Railway (, , , ) is the national railway operator of Mongolia. It was established in 1949 as a joint venture between the Mongolian People’s Republic and the Soviet Union. The company is jointly owned by the Mongolian and Russian government through Russian Railways, with each having a 50% stake. Rail transport 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, traditionally also known as Mongolian Railway (MTZ, ). This can be a source of confusion, since MTZ is a distinct company established in 2008 to maintain UBTZ infrastructure. The Mongolian Railway College is located in Ulaanbaatar. The infrastructure of UBTZ consists of 1,815 km of broad gauge lines. UBTZ employs 14,046 people, owns 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Central Library Of Dornogovi Province
The Central Library of Dornod Province () is a public library in Sainshand, Dornogovi Province, Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po .... History The library was established on 28 February 1945 by the order of the Ministry of Culture. See also * National Library of Mongolia References External links * 1945 establishments in Mongolia Buildings and structures in Dornogovi Province Sainshand Libraries established in 1945 Libraries in Mongolia {{Mongolia-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Districts Of Mongolia
A district or sum (; ) is a second-level administrative subdivision of Mongolia. The 21 provinces of Mongolia are divided into 330 Sum (administrative division), sums. On average, each district administers a territory of with about 5,000 inhabitants, primarily nomadic herders. Its total revenue is 120 million Mongolian tögrög, Tögrög, 90% of which comes from national subsidies. Each district is again subdivided into ''bags'' (brigades; sometimes spelled ''baghs''Montsame News Agency. ''Mongolia''. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, , p. 46). Most bags are of an entirely virtual nature. Their purpose is to sort the families of nomads in the district into groups, without a permanent human settlement. Officially, and occasionally on maps, many district seats (''sum'' centers) bear a name different from that of the district. However, in practice the district seat (sum center) is most often referred to under the name of the district, to the point of the offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Provinces Of Mongolia
__NOTOC__ Mongolia is divided into 21 provinces or aimags () and one provincial municipality. Each aimag is subdivided into several Districts of Mongolia, districts.Montsame News Agency. ''Mongolia''. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, , p. 46 The modern provinces have been established since 1921. The capital, Ulaanbaatar, is governed as an independent provincial municipality separate from Töv Province, inside which it is situated. List of provinces See also *ISO 3166-2:MN, ISO 3166-2 codes for Mongolia *Lists of political and geographic subdivisions by total area *List of Mongolian provinces by GDP References External links Provinces of Mongolia at statoids.com {{Authority control Provinces of Mongolia, Subdivisions of Mongolia Lists of administrative divisions, Mongolia, Provinces Administrative divisions in Asia, Mongolia 1 First-level administrative divisions by country, Provinces, Mongolia Mongolia geography-related lists cs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
