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Zuunmod

Eastern Asia

Zuunmod is the capital of Tov Province in central Mongolia, about 43 kilometers south of Ulaanbaatar on the southern side of Bogd Khan Mountain. Its name means a hundred trees. The town was established as the province's administrative center in 1942; before that, Tov Province had been administered from Ulaanbaatar itself. The area was also the site of the Battle of Jao Modo in May 1649, a Qing dynasty victory. As of 2017 the town had about 16,953 residents across 19.18 square kilometers, and it has a subarctic climate supporting a pastoral economy.

Facts
Population
14,660 1
Founding Year
1942 2
Founding Year
1942 2
Elevation Band
Mountain 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 5
Sources
1. Zuunmod (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
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population 14,660 (2006)
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2. Zuunmod (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Zuunmod ( ZOON-mod) is the administrative seat of Mongolia's Töv Province.
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    1530
  • Lead section, founding year
    Zuunmod was established as the administrative center of Töv Province in 1942
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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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 entry
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18. Mongolia
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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 47.75, 106.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.75, 106.75
47.75 106.75 BSk
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5. GeoNames: Zuunmod - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 7648817, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 7648817, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
47.70693 106.95276 P PPL MN 18 16953 1514 Asia/Ulaanbaatar
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