Baruun-Urt is the capital of Sükhbaatar Province in eastern Mongolia, its name meaning west-long in Mongolian. It sits at an elevation of 981 meters as an enclave within the surrounding Sükhbaatar sum, covering 59 square kilometers. The town's population grew from 6,000 in 1959 to a peak of 17,289 in 1994, and stood at 18,190 in 2017. The Tomortiin Ovoo zinc mine lies about 13 kilometers to the north, and the town has a cold semi-arid climate with long, very dry winters and short, warm summers.
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Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Baruun-Urt (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 14,297 (2010)
2. Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation lookup for Baruun-Urt
Opentopodataresults, elevation in metresQuote, results, elevation in metres
"elevation": 993.0
3. United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States: List of LLDCs
United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing StatesList of LLDCs, Mongolia entryQuote, List of LLDCs, Mongolia entry
18. Mongolia
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 46.75, 113.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 46.75, 113.25
46.75 113.25 BSk
5. GeoNames: Baruun-Urt - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2032614, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2032614, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
46.68056 113.27917 P PPLA MN 17 18190 991 Asia/Ulaanbaatar
Baruun-Urt (Wikipedia)
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Baruun-Urt (Mongolian: Баруун-Урт; ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠤᠷᠲᠤ, west-long) is a town in eastern Mongolia and the capital of Sükhbaatar Province.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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