A khoroolol (; ) is a residential complex of

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, equivalent to a

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. In densely built residential areas, it is similar to a quarter ( mikrorayon). In

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, the apartment khoroolols built during socialist times carry numbers between one and nineteen, though some are named after higher numbers like 40,000 and 120,000.Chinbat Badamdorj , ''Changes in the Internal Structure of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia''
, p.4f

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