Ulan Bator, Mongolia
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Ulaanbaatar Улаанбаатар Urga |
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| Official Cyrillic transcription(s) | |||
| • Mongolian Cyrillic | Улаанбаатар | ||
| • Transcription | Ulaanbaatar | ||
| Classical Mongolian transcription(s) | |||
| • Mongolian script | ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ | ||
| • Transcription | Ulaγanbaγatur | ||
Ulaanbaatar City
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| Nickname(s): УБ (UB), Нийслэл (capital), Хот (city) | |||
 Location in Mongolia |
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| Coordinates: 47°55′N 106°55′E / 47.917°N 106.917°E | |||
| Country | Mongolia | ||
| Established as Urga | 1639 | ||
| Current location | 1778 | ||
| Ulaanbaatar | 1924 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Sunduin Batbold (MPP) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 4,704.4 km2 (1,816.3 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1,350 m (4,429 ft) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 1,372,000 | ||
| • Density | 272/km2 (704/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | H (UTC+8) | ||
| Postal code | 210 xxx | ||
| Area code(s) | +976 (0)11 | ||
| HDI (2014) | 0.818—very high | ||
| License plate | УБ ,УН | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | MN-1 | ||
| Climate | BSk | ||
| Website | www |
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Ulaanbaatar, formerly anglicised as Ulan Bator /ˌuːlɑːn ˈbɑːtər/ (Mongolian: Улаанбаатар, [ʊɮɑːm.bɑːtʰɑ̆r], Ulaγanbaγatur, literally "Red Hero") is Mongolia's capital and largest city. A municipality, the city is not part of any aimag (province), and its population as of 2014[update] was over 1.3 million, almost half of the country's total population.
Located in north central Mongolia, the municipality lies at an elevation of about 1,300 meters (4,300 ft) in a valley on the Tuul River. It is the country's cultural, industrial and financial heart, the centre of Mongolia's road network and connected by rail to both the Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia and the Chinese railway system.
The city was founded in 1639 as a nomadic Buddhist monastic centre. In 1778, it settled permanently at its present location, the junction of the Tuul and Selbe rivers. Before that, it changed location twenty-eight times, with each location being chosen ceremonially. In the twentieth century, Ulaanbaatar grew into a major manufacturing center.
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