Ulaangom is the capital of Uvs Province in far northwestern Mongolia, on the slopes of the Kharkhiraa mountains about 26 kilometers southwest of Uvs Lake and some 120 kilometers south of the Russian border. The settlement is believed to have been founded in 1686, and Ulaangom Monastery, originally called Dechinravjaa Monastery, was established there in 1871. Its district population stood at 39,045 in 2024, and the urban area covers about 46 square kilometers at an elevation of 939 meters. Ulaangom has an extremely continental, cold semi-arid climate and is considered one of the coldest places in Mongolia.
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Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Ulaangom (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 26,319 (2000)
2. Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation lookup for Ulaangom
Opentopodataresults, elevation in metresQuote, results, elevation in metres
"elevation": 925.0
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 49.75, 92.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 49.75, 92.25
49.75 92.25 BSk
5. GeoNames: Ulaangom - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1515029, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1515029, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
49.98111 92.06667 P PPLA MN 19 30092 935 Asia/Hovd
Ulaangom (Wikipedia)
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Ulaangom (; Mongolian: Улаангом [ʊˈɮaˑɴɢɜm]; Oirat: Уланһом [ʊˈlaŋɣɔm]; "red valley") is the capital of Uvs Province in Mongolia.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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