Mandalgovi is the capital of Dundgovi Province in central Mongolia, about 300 kilometers south of Ulaanbaatar on the edge of the Gobi Desert, with the official administrative name Saintsagaan sum. It began as a small settlement of about 40 yurts before gaining town status in 1942. Population figures show growth from 10,299 in 2007 and 10,506 in 2005 to 12,339 in 2017. The town covers about 11 square kilometers at an elevation of 1,395 meters and has a cold arid climate with warm summers and frigid winters.
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Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Latitude45.766667 degrees north 2 Longitude106.270833 degrees east 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. GeoNames: Mandalgovi
GeoNames geonameid 2030065 (Mandalgovi), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Mandalgovi (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 45.766667, longitude 106.270833
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1395 m
P2046 (area)
area 11.0 sq km
View the Source3. GeoNames: Mandalgovi - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2030065
45.7625 106.27083 P PPLA MN 08 12339 1424 Asia/Ulaanbaatar
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1424 m
View the Source 4. 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
5. 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 45.75, 106.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.75, 106.25
45.75 106.25 BWk
Mandalgovi (Wikipedia)
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Mandalgovi (Mongolian: Мандалговь; ᠮᠠᠨᠳᠠᠯᠭᠣᠪᠢ; also Mandalgov' or Mandalgobi) is the capital of the Dundgovi Province of Mongolia, about 300 km south of Ulaanbaatar on the border of the Gobi Desert.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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