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Ordu-Baliq
Also known as Ordu Balık, Mubalik, Karabalghasun
Ordu-Baliq (meaning "city of the court", "city of the army"; ), also known as Mubalik and Karabalghasun, was the capital of the Uyghur Khaganate. It was built on the site of the former Göktürk imperial capital, north-to-northwest of the later Mongol capital, Karakorum. Its ruins are known as Kharbalgas (Хар Балгас) in Mongolian, which means "black ruins". They form part of the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site.
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- Ancient site.name
- Ordu-Baliq
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- Ordu-baliq.jpg
- Ancient site.image_size
- 300
- Ancient site.caption
- The west gate as seen from the citadel
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location of Ordu Baliq in Mongolia
- Ancient site.map_type
- Mongolia
- Ancient site.location
- Arkhangai Province,
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Ordu-Baliq (meaning "city of the court", "city of the army"; ), also known as Mubalik and Karabalghasun, was the capital of the Uyghur Khaganate. It was built on the site of the former Göktürk imperial capital, north-to-northwest of the later Mongol capital, Karakorum. Its ruins are known as Kharbalgas (Хар Балгас) in Mongolian, which means "black ruins". They form part of the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site.
==Location== Ordu-Baliq is in a grassy plain called the Talal-khain-dala steppe, on the western bank of the Orkhon River in the Khotont sum of the Arkhangai Province, Mongolia. The Orkhon emerges from the gorges of the Khangai Mountains and flows northward to meet the Tuul River, which has on its upper reaches the current capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar.
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