Sükhbaatar Сүхбаатар ᠰᠦᠬᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ |
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Sükhbaatar District Сүхбаатар сум ᠰᠦᠬᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷᠰᠤᠮᠤ |
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Sükhbaatar outskirts with Russian border in the background
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Location in Mongolia | |
Coordinates: 50°14′11″N 106°12′23″E / 50.23639°N 106.20639°E | |
Country | Mongolia |
Province | Selenge Province |
Founded | 1940 |
Elevation | 1,124 m (3,688 ft) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 19,224 |
Climate | Dwb |
Sükhbaatar (Mongolian: Сүхбаатар, ᠰᠤᠻᠪᠠᠠᠲᠠᠷ, Russian: Сухэ-Батор) is the capital of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia, on the Orkhon river.
City population is 19,224 (end of 2007)
The city was founded in 1940 and named after the Mongolian revolutionary leader Damdin Sükhbaatar.
Sükhbaatar is the northernmost railway station on the Trans-Mongolian Railway in Mongolia. The first railway station on the Russian side of the border is Naushki.
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.
Coordinates: 50°14′11″N 106°12′23″E / 50.23639°N 106.20639°E