Mörön

Also known as Moron, Murun

Mörön (; ) is the administrative center of Khövsgöl, Mongolia. Before 1933, Khatgal had been the aimag capital.

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Place details

Locality: Мөрөн ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ
Region: Хөвсгөл ᠬᠥᠪᠰᠦᠭᠦᠯ
Country: Монгол улс ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
Population: 39,404

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Travel guide

Understand

Mörön, whose name means "river" in Mongolian, was established as the administrative center of Khövsgöl Aimag (Province) on the site of a monastery in 1933. The Murungiin Khuree Khiid Monastery was built in 1809 and had a population of 2,500 monks at its peak. It was destroyed during religious purges in 1937. A new monastery was built in the 1990s, with maybe 40 monks. Today there are several museums and a large collection of deer stones 20 km outside of town, though most people simply pass through Mörön on their way to Lake Khövsgöl.

Get in

Bus, or Micro-bus from Ulaanbaatar (around 2 days) or Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur 'White Lake' (6-8 hours on the rough track via Shine-Ider) or Khövsgöl Nuur (around 3-4 hours on the almost finished but unsealed road) Hitchhike or ride a bike, possibly paying a truck driver to take you Rent a jeep and driver from e.g. Ulaanbaatar.

Get around

The town is small enough to walk around. From the town there is the biggest fresh water lake Lake Khövsgöl located 100km to the north that is main attraction in the province.

See

thumb|Deerstone Complex Monastery - Danzandarjaa Khiid - on the western edge of town, from 1890, rebuilt in 1990, well worth a 20-minute visit. Arrive in the morning around 10:00 for morning prayer. A small donation would help renovation work. thumb|Mörön Monastery

Do

At the south east of the town there is nice Delgermurun River flows and you can fish, swim there and have a boat tour there.

Buy

There is a cluster of supermarkets around the 50° 100° Hotel; the largest and the best is directly across the road from the hotel's car park in a newer building. It's worth trying all the supermarkets as some stock things the others haven't.

Eat

thumb|Mörön statue 50° 100° Hotel - Popular and until midnight. Some unfortunately tiny but unique (for northern Mongolia) salads. Otherwise a variety of Mongolian (try the honey beef for 6000 ₮) and perhaps Western fare such as pizza and lasagne (although apparently empty promises as they're never available). Guests at the hotel do not need a reservation. Free decent WiFi. No real coffee for now, just instant coffee mix. Cross your fingers they buy an espresso machine to complete the cosiness. Cinnamon roll: stock up for those long horse treks north. Jargalan Restaurant - further west from the 50° 100° Hotel on the same side of the road is the Jargalan Restaurant (look for the Cyrillic sign) which, although looking shabby from the outside, is pristine inside with bilingual menus (Mongolian and English) including pictures. Offering Mongolian fusion cuisine including Kimchi Hurshuur and a variety of soups. Tel: 24409 or 99509707. Shalom Burger - apparently no burgers, but definitely sweet snacks. Upstairs over the supermarket on the NE corner of the 50° 100° Hotel intersection. If you look carefully in the glass cabinets that masquerade as refrigerators at the supermarkets early enough in the afternoon before the staff have managed to eat them all, there are small pizza-like objects (around 12 cm in diameter) in plastic wrapping. Amazingly, they taste like pizza! Aynii joloo coffee shop is very nice coffee shop and bakery in town really good place to have a coffee. Facebo…

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History
Population
Education
Airport
Climate
Notable buildings
Museum
References
External links

Mörön (; ) is the administrative center of Khövsgöl, Mongolia. Before 1933, Khatgal had been the aimag capital.

It has 12,286 families and a population of 46,918, and is considered a major city such as Ulaanbaatar, Darhan, Erdenet and Choibalsan. In terms of administrative units, it is divided into 14 khoroo and covers approximately 102.9 km2. Demographics are split as 51.58% females to 48.42% males. 41.25% of the population is aged between 15 and 39.