Mining communities in Mongolia

Erdenet (; , 'precious, valuable') is the third-largest city in Mongolia and the provincial capital of Orkhon. Located in northern Mongolia, it lies in a valley between the Selenge and Orkhon rivers about (as the crow flies) northwest of the national capital Ulaanbaatar and Darkhan. The road length between Ulaanbaatar and Erdenet is about . As of the 2018 census, the city had a population of 98,057.

Örgön (, also Urgen, Wide) is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in south-eastern Mongolia. The fluorspar mine (fluorspar is transported to the Bor-Öndör processing plant) and the railway station are the main pillars of the Örgön settlement economy. In 2009, its population was 1,816.

sum (district) of Dornogovi Aimag (province), Mongolia

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