Ulaanbaatar City

Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar

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Founded in 1639 as a Yurt Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, then Orgoo (palace-yurt), was first located at the Lake Shireet Tsagaan Nuur in what is now known as Ovorkhangai, around 250 km from the present site of Ulaanbaatar. In 1778, the city settled for good at its current location, near the confluence of the Selbe and Tuul Rivers and beneath the Bogd Khan Uul, back then also on the caravan route from Beijing to Kyakhta. Since the 19th Century, Ulaanbaatar has become the political, administrational and cultural center of Mongolia.

The gross area accounts for only 0.3% of the national territory, but one million, nearly half of the total population is concentrated in the city.


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Geography/Climate	Area: 47,400㎢ Location: Located in the north central part of the country, the city lies at an elevation of about 1,310 meters(4,300 ft) in the valley over the Tuul River Climate: Average temperature 2.2℃, annual precipitation 242.7mm
Population(2021)	Population : 1,639,172 Number of households : 412,527
Major events	'Deeltei Mongol' Mongolian Traditional Costume Festival(Jul.), Ulaanbaatar Winter Festival(Feb.), Eagle Festival(Mar.), International Marathon Contest(Jun.), Naadam Festival(Jul.)
Tourist Attractions	Bogd Khan's Winter Palace, Museum of Ulaanbaatar's History, Dambadarjaalin Monastery
Sisterhood & Friendship Provinces / Cities	China: Huhot,(1991), Tianjin(1992), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Japan: Aomori Prefecture(1999) North Korea: Pyeongyang(2003) South Korea: Seoul Special City(1995), Namyangju-si(Oct 1998), Gyeongsangbuk-do Province(April 2007), Incheon Metropolitcan City(Oct 2011), Daejeon Metropolitan City(Oct 2014), Busan Metropolitan City(2014) Gyeonggi-do Province(July 2015) Russia: Moscow(1957), Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia(1996), Irkutsk Region(1996), Novosibirsk(2015), Elista, Republic of Kalmykia(2010) Vietnma: Hanoi(1998) Others: London, UK(1997), Berlin, Germany(1998), Prague, Czech Republic(2001), New Delhi, India(2002), Havana, Cuba(2002), Anchorage, Alaska, US(2003), Ankara, Turkey(2003), Budapest, Hungary(2003), Gaziantep, Turkey(2010)


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Economy(2021)	GRDP : 2,744,4.2 bn MNT Per capita: 18,065,000 MNT
Specialized industry	Cashmere clothing