Erdenet
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Erdenet Эрдэнэт ᠡᠷᠳᠡᠨᠢᠲᠦ |
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Bayan-Öndör District Баян-Өндөр сум ᠪᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨᠥᠨᠳᠦᠷᠰᠤᠮᠤ |
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View of Erdenet
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 Erdenet
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| Coordinates: 49°01′40″N 104°02′40″E / 49.02778°N 104.04444°E | ||
| Country | Mongolia | |
| Province | Orkhon Province | |
| Founded | 1974 | |
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| • Total | 208.0 km2 (80.3 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,280 m (4,200 ft) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 83,379 | |
| • Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC + 8 (UTC+8) | |
| Area code(s) | +976 7035 (7039) | |
| Vehicle registration | OP_ ( _ variable) | |
| Climate | Dwc | |
| Website | www |
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Erdenet (Mongolian: Эрдэнэт, literally "with treasure") is the third-largest city in Mongolia and the capital of the aimag (province) of Orkhon. Officially known as Bayan-Öndör sum.
Located in the northern part of the country, it lies in a valley between the Selenge and Orkhon rivers about 150 miles (241 kilometres) (as the bird flies) northwest of Ulaanbaatar, the capital. The road length between Ulaanbaatar and Erdenet is about 230 mi (370 km).
Erdenet, one of the youngest settlements in Mongolia, was founded in 1974 in an area where large deposits of copper had been discovered in the 1950s. A single-track railway line with a length of 75 mi (121 km) linking Erdenet to the Trans-Mongolian Railway was inaugurated in 1977. In the middle of the 1980s, more than 50% of the inhabitants were Russians working as engineers or miners. After the fall of Soviet Communism in 1990, however, most Russians left Erdenet. Today about 10% of the population is Russian.
The city hosts the fourth largest copper mine in the world. The "Erdenet Mining Corporation" is a joint Mongolian-Russian venture, and accounts for a majority of Mongolia's hard currency income. Erdenet mines 22.23 million tons of ore per year, producing 126,700 tons of copper and 1,954 tons of molybdenum. The mine accounts for 13.5% of Mongolia's GDP and 7% of tax revenue. About 8,000 people are employed in the mine.
The city of Erdenet offers a large variety of shops, has a comparatively large hospital, a Sports Palace, several hotels and restaurants.
The city is linked to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, and to the towns of Darkhan and Bulgan by a paved road and is easily accessible by bus several times each day. The distance to the capital where the nearest airport is situated amounts to 230 miles (370 km) and travel by car takes about eight hours.
Train connections between Erdenet and Ulaanbaatar are less comfortable as there is only one train per day covering the distance in 11 hours.
The "Fraternity Monument" in Erdenet
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