Erdenet
Sign in to saveErdenet (; , '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.
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Erdenet is the third-largest city in Mongolia and serves as the capital of Orkhon province, located in northern Mongolia between two rivers. With a 2018 population of about 98,000 people, it sits roughly northwest of the country's capital, Ulaanbaatar, making it an important regional center in northern Mongolia.
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Place details
- Locality
- Эрдэнэт
- Region
- Орхон ᠣᠷᠬᠤᠨ
- Country
- Монгол улс ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
- Population
- 97,814
Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Erdenet Mining Corporation
- Transport
- Landmarks
- Population
- Administrative divisions
- Climate
- Gallery
- Notable residents
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notes
- References
- External links
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.
==History== 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 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.