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Sükhbaatar
Sign in to savecity in Mongolia, administrative center of Selenge Province
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Sükhbaatar is a city and border town in Mongolia, serving as the capital of Selenge Province. Established in 1940, the municipality covers an area of 45 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 624 meters above sea level. Its native labels are Сүхбаатар and ᠰᠦᠬᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ.
The city has a population of 21,962. It is located in the Asia/Ulaanbaatar timezone.
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Place details
- Locality
- Сүхбаатар
- Region
- Сэлэнгэ ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ
- Country
- Монгол улс ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
- Population
- 22,741
- Timezone
- Asia/Ulaanbaatar
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Mongolia
- Province
- Selenge Province
- Total
- 45.0 km (17.4 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 1,124 m (3,688 ft)
- Density
- 505/km (1,310/sq mi)
- Climate
- Dwb
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Get in
There are now paved roads all the way to Baruun Urt and Choibalson. There are still plenty of options for buses to the provincial capitals and daily flights to Choibalsan from UB and Hailar, Inner Mongolia. Airports in Ondorkhaan and Baruun-Urt no longer have scheduled flights to UB. There is a rail line from Choibalsan to Russia, but it has no passenger service.
Get around
First you need to find a reliable driver and negotiate a price. Getting to a province in Mongolia from the capital is much easier than going between provinces. The best strategy is starting as far from UB as you wish to go, say Choibalsan, and working your way back to Ulaanbaatar. There are shared jeeps between provincial capitals and from the cities to the countryside.
See
The main attraction of Sukhbaatar Aimag is the steppe, which is flatter and truer steppe in this part of the country. Also be sure to look out for white tailed gazelle on your journey.
Do
Drive around, go camping, sleep in a ger.
Go to Dariganga Soum and visit Altan Owoo (a sacred hill). Women can only go up to the foot of the hill. Please be respectful.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sükhbaatar (Mongolian: Сүхбаатар [suxpá(ː)tʰər]) is the capital of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia, on the Orkhon river. As of late 2007, the city population is 19,224.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sükhbaatar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.