Sukhbaatar is a city in northern Mongolia on the Orkhon River, serving as the capital of Selenge Province, with a population of 22,741 as of 2017. It was founded in 1940 and named after the Mongolian revolutionary leader Damdin Sukhbaatar. The city sits directly on the border with Russia and is the northernmost railway station on the Trans-Mongolian Railway in Mongolia, facing the Russian station of Naushki just across the frontier.
Facts
Founding Year Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Sükhbaatar (city) (Wikipedia)
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1124
Climate section
Sükhbaatar has a dry-winter warm-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwb).
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1940
Infobox: population_total
22741
View the Source2. 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
3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/UlaanbaatarQuote, Zone Asia/Ulaanbaatar
8:00 Mongol
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionIn Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Country list, Eastern AsiaQuote, In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Country list, Eastern Asia
Mongolia 496 MNG
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