Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar is the capital and largest city of Mongolia. Its population as of 2014 was over 1. 3 million, almost half of the country’s population. The city was founded in 1639 as a nomadic Buddhist monastic centre. It settled permanently at its present location, the junction of the Tuul and Selbe rivers.
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Ulaanbaatar is the capital and largest city of Mongolia. Its population as of 2014 was over 1. 3 million, almost half of the country’s population. The city was founded in 1639 as a nomadic Buddhist monastic centre. It settled permanently at its present location, the junction of the Tuul and Selbe rivers, in 1778. In the twentieth century, it grew into a major manufacturing center. It is the centre of Mongolia’s road network and connected by rail to both the Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia and the Chinese railway system. It was originally intended to be the seat of the Mongol nobles, but was instead the capital city of Karakorum. The palace is said to be where Genghis Khan stayed with Yesghun Khatun before attacking the Tangut in 1226. In Europe and North America, the city continued to be generally known as Urga or Khure until 1924, and afterward as Ulan Bator. Today, English speakers sometimes refer to the city as UB. The Russian spelling is the Russian phonetic equivalent to the Mongolian name, according to Russian spelling conventions. Ulaan Baatar is a member of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21. It also has sister cities with Moscow, Hohhot, Seoul, Sapporo and Denver as sister cities. It has been well within the sphere of Turco-Mongol nomadic empires throughout history, including Wang Khan, a Nestorian Christian monarch whom Marco Polo identified as the legendary Preghrul of the Keraites.
A number of Xiongnu-era royal tombs have been discovered around UlaAnbaatar, including the tombs of Belkh Gorge near Dambadarjaalin monastery and tombs of Songinokhairkhan. The name of the city was spelled Ulaaar koto during the decade in which Mongolia used the Latin alphabet, but it is now spelled Ulanbaatar koto in Cyrillic script spelling and transliteration. In western languages, it is called Bogdiin Khuree in the folk song \”Praise of Bogdi in KhureE\”. It is also known as Niĭslel Khüree and Dà Kùlún in the Chinese language. The Chinese equivalent was rendered into Western languages as “Kulun” or “Kuren” in the Middle East and North Africa. The town’s name was changed to Baatar Khot in 1924, under pressure from Turar Ryskulov, a Soviet activist of the Communist International, the name was later changed to Ulaansbaatar. The current name was chosen by a majority of delegates at the 1st Great People’s Khuraldaan of Mongolia in 1924. The municipality is in north central Mongolia at an elevation of about 1,300 metres in a valley on theTuul River. It was first located at Shireet Tsirean nuur nuur at Lake Shireen nuur (now Burdkhai) in what is now Burdkorum.
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