Sükhbaatar ( ) is the capital of

Selenge Province Selenge () is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of 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, ...

in northern

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, on the Orkhon river. As of late 2007, the city population is 19,224.Official site of the Selenge aimag (version 2008)

History

The city was founded in 1940 and named after the Mongolian revolutionary leader

Damdin Sükhbaatar Damdin Sükhbaatar (2 February 1893 – 20 February 1923) was a Mongolian revolutionary, founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, and leader of the Mongolian partisan army that took Khüree during the Mongolian Revolution of 19 ...

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into eight

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, which are: * Bayankhaan * Borguvee * Buurkheer * Ganzam * Khongormorit * Orkhon * Salkhit * Tsagaan-Ereg

Climate

Sükhbaatar has a dry-winter warm-summer

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(

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''Dwb'').

Transport

Sükhbaatar is the northernmost

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on the

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 south ...

in Mongolia. The first railway station on the Russian side of the border is

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. 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.

References

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