Zamyn-Üüd

Zamyn-Üüd, a name meaning road's gate, is a town and sum of Dornogovi Province in southeastern Mongolia, and it is now the most important border crossing between Mongolia and the People's Republic of China, via Erenhot. The border control counted more than 950,000 crossings in 2004, and the population was 11,527 in 2008. The town stands on the old trade route between Beijing and Urga, now Ulaanbaatar, and its name comes from the former Dzamiin Üüde settlement 101 kilometres northwest of it. The Zamyn-Üüd Free Economic Zone was officially created in 2004 on 900 hectares between the town and the Chinese border. A paved road from Choir to Zamyn-Üüd via Sainshand was begun in 2007, the Sainshand to Choir section was finished in September 2013, and a new expanded road border crossing was also completed in 2013. The town has a cold desert climate.