Darkhan

Also known as Darhan, Darkhan City

capital city of Darkhan-Uul Aimag, Mongolia

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Darkhan is the capital city of Darkhan-Uul Aimag, a region in Mongolia. It is the country's second-largest city and serves as an important industrial and economic center in central Mongolia.

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Locality: Дархан ᠳᠠᠷᠬᠠᠨ
Region: Дархан-Уул ᠳᠠᠷᠬᠠᠨ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ
Country: Монгол улс ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
Population: 83,883

Travel guide

Understand

Darkhan is the third largest city in Mongolia with a population of 74,000. The city, which name means "Blacksmith" in Mongolian, was built as a manufacturing base by the Soviets in 1961 on the Trans-Mongolian Railroad. Much of the industrial base collapsed in the early 1990s, and most of its once large Russian population left. Today it is home to a large steel mill, textile industry, and many universities. It has an expansive layout with open steppe and roaming cattle right into the center of the city. The city is divided into a 'new' and 'old' sections separated by some small hills and ger districts spreading out beyond the developed areas. The railroad station, main Buddhist temple, and the black market are in the Old Darkhan, while most of the nicer hotels, restaurants, and shopping centers, along with the universities and cultural centers are in New Darkhan.

Get around

Darkhan is divided into New and Old Darkhan, separated by about 2 km. Most of the city is stretched along a couple of parallel roads, with buses, taxis and vans racing back and forth. You can either hail your own taxi or jump in one and go to the other side of town. The cost of a shared taxi is 1,000 ₮ per person.

Eat

Avoid Korean and Chinese restaurants, because these types of restaurants prepare their foods out of very low and bad quality raw food materials. Instead, going to other local restaurants and local canteens called Tsainii gazar (Цайны газар) are a safer choice.

Go next

From Darkhan, it is easy to go east to the large copper-mining city of Erdenet, North to the mid-sized Aimag capital of Sukhbaatar, or the beautiful Amarbayasgalant Monastery. Erdenet can be reached by train or bus, Suhkbaatar can be reached by train (~2,800 ₮) or taxi (8,000-10,000 ₮) on paved road, while visiting the monastery will require hiring a taxi for the 2- or 3-hour journey, part of which is unpaved.

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Flag of Darkhan Darkhan (/ˈdɑːrkɑːn/; Mongolian: Дархан [tárχəɴ]) is the capital of Darkhan-Uul Province in northern Mongolia, and the third-largest city in the country.

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