Tsetserleg is the capital of Arkhangai Province in west-central Mongolia, sited on the northeastern slopes of the Khangai Mountains about 600 kilometers southwest of Ulaanbaatar. Its name means garden in Mongolian. The town grew up around Zayiin Gegeen Monastery, built in the early 1680s, which made it an important Buddhist center until the monastery's institutions were damaged during Communist-era suppression in 1932. As of 2017 the city had around 21,620 residents, up from 16,553 in 2000, and its metropolitan area of 536 square kilometers sits at an elevation of 1,691 meters with a distinctive microclimate of cooler summers and warmer winters than most of Mongolia.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Tsetserleg (city) (Wikipedia)
Infobox: established_date
~1631
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the Source2. Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation lookup for Tsetserleg
Opentopodataresults, elevation in metresQuote, results, elevation in metres
"elevation": 1709.0
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 47.25, 101.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.25, 101.25
47.25 101.25 Dwc
5. GeoNames: Tsetserleg - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2028606, place matched by name within the country (most populous of the name)Quote, cities500 record 2028606, place matched by name within the country (most populous of the name)
47.475 101.45417 P PPLA MN 01 21620 1705 Asia/Ulaanbaatar
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