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Bor-Öndör
Bor-Öndör () is a city in Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia. It is situated in the Darkhan, Khentii, Darkhan Sums of Mongolia, sum (district), but is administrated separately. Geography The City is at an elevation of 1300 meters and located close to the northern semi-desert edge of the Gobi Desert. Its administrated area is 144 km2. Population The population was 6,406 in 2001, and had grown to 8,510 by 2006, in more recent data from 2010, the city's population fell to 8,080 ''Rural Poverty Reduction Programme'': semi-annual report 2007 Bor-Öndör is the second most populous city in Khentii Province after the capital Öndörkhaan. Administrative divisions The district is divided into six bags of Mongolia, bags, which are ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khajuu-Ulaan
Khajuu-Ulaan (, also Hadju-Ulan, Hadzhu-Ulan) is urban-type settlement in Ikhkhet Sums of Mongolia, sum (district) of Dornogovi Province, Mongolia. Khajuu-Ulaan is located 53 km SE from Darkhan, Khentii, Darkhan sum center and 43 km NE of Bor-Öndör city of Khentii Province, 26 km NW from the Ikhkhet sum center and 79 km NE from Airag, Dornogovi, Airag sum center of Dornogovi Province. In Khajuu-Ulaan is the fluorspar open pit mine, fluorspar is transported to the Bor-Öndör processing plant. Ikhkhet Mining communities in Mongolia {{Mongolia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airag, Dornogovi
Airag (, also Khar-Airag, Hara-Ayrag, Kumis) is a sum (district) and town of Dornogovi Province in southeastern 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 .... Airag sum center is a fluorspar mining settlement, the primary fluorspar mining and processing enterprises are at Bor-Öndör city (Khentii Province, Khentii aimag). The railway station connecting Bor-Öndör (60 km) via Airag to Ulan Bator and Beijing is at the sum center. In 2009, its population was 3,598.Statistics office of Dornogovi Aimag/ Report 2009 Geography The district ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkhan, Khentii
Darkhan () is a sum (district) of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia. Bor-Öndör city is 43 km S from the sum center. In 2010, its population was 1,549.National Census 2010 (sum level divisions) Administrative divisions The district is divided into fivebags
A bag, also known regionally as a sack, is a common tool in the form of a floppy container, typically made of cloth, leather, bamboo, paper, or plastic. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being lengths of animal s ... , which are:
* Bor-Undur
* Dotuur Bulag
* Kharaat
* Mergen Khoshuu
* Shajin
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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] |
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude (; , ; , ) is the capital city of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River, Buryatia, Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga River, Selenga. According to the Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census, 437,565 people lived in Ulan-Ude; up from 404,426 recorded in the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, making the city the third-largest in the Russian Far East by population. Names Ulan-Ude was first called Udinskoye (, ) for its location on the Uda River (Republic of Buryatia), Uda River. It was founded as a small fort in 1666. From around 1735, the settlement was called Udinsk (, ) and was granted town status under that name in 1775. It was renamed Verkhneudinsk (, ; "Upper Udinsk") in 1783, to differentiate it from Nizhneudinsk ("Lower Udinsk") lying on a different Chuna River, Uda River near Irkutsk which was granted town status that year. The descriptors "upper" and "lower" refer to the positions of the two cities relative to each othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamyn-Üüd
Zamyn-Üüd (; , ''road's gate'') is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in southeastern Mongolia. Its population was 11,527 in 2008. History Zamyn-Üüd's actual name comes from the former Dzamiin Üüde settlement located northwest from the modern town (). Geography Overview The town is located on the old trade route between Beijing and Urga/Ulaanbaatar, and is now the most important border crossing between Mongolia and the People's Republic of China, via Erenhot. The border control counted more than 950,000 border crossings in 2004. In April 2007, the construction of a paved road from Choir to Zamyn-Üüd via Sainshand began. Completion was planned for October 2007. However, completion of the road project was pushed back to 2013, with Sainshand to Choir section being finished in September, 2013. A new expanded road border crossing was also completed in 2013 to relieve delays in crossing from China to Mongolia. The "Zamyn-Uud" Free Economic Zone was officially create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Choir (city)
Choir (; , ) is a city in east-central Mongolia. It is the capital of Govisümber Province. Choir is officially known as Sümber sum. History Choir was a military base during the Soviet period. In 1989, the Soviet anti-aircraft missile units left Choir. The longest runway in Mongolia, now abandoned, is located 25 km N from Choir, a relic of that period. In 1992, the military cantonment passed into the jurisdiction of Govisümber Province, according to the 1992 constitution. Near the railway station is a statue commemorating Mongolia's first cosmonaut, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa. Geography Location Choir lies in the Choir Depression, a lowland strip about 150 km long and 10 to 20 km wide, about 500 m lower than the surrounding upland. It lies at an altitude of 1269 m. Climate Choir has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification ''BSk'') with warm summers and severely cold winters. Most precipitation falls in the summer as rain, with some snow in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Dalanjargalan
Dalanjargalan (, Seventy happiness also Ulaantolgoi)) is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in south-eastern Mongolia. Sum center is Olon Ovoo railway station on Trans-Mongolian Railway (Ulan Bator - Beijing) line and abandoned Soviet air force base location. Eldev Coal Mine is 21 km N from sum center. In 2009, its population was 2,554.Statistics office of Dornogovi Aimag/ Report 2009 Geography The district has a total area of 4,100 km2.Administrative divisions The district is divided into five , which are: * Bi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikhkhet
Ikhkhet () is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in south-eastern Mongolia. Zülegt fluorspar mine is located in the northern part of the sum. In 2009, its population was 2,176.Statistics office of Dornogovi Aimag/ Report 2009 Geography Ikhkhet is the northern most district in the province.Administrative divisions The district is divided into three , which are: * Bayan * Burdene *Notable natives *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
