Arvaikheer
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Arvaikheer, also spelt Arwaiheer (, ; "Barley Steppe") is the capital of Övörkhangai Aimag (province) and one of the most central points of Mongolia. thumb|Administration building thumb|Theatre thumb|New park
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- Locality
- Арвайхээр ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠶ ᠬᠡᠭᠡᠷᠡ
- Region
- Өвөрхангай ᠥᠪᠦᠷ ᠬᠠᠩᠭ᠋ᠠᠢ
- Country
- Монгол улс ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
- Population
- 29,420
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Arvaikheer District
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- mn
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Official Cyrillic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Mongolian Cyrillic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- Арвайхээр сум
- Settlement.translit_lang2
- Classical Mongolian
- Settlement.translit_lang2_type
- Mongolian script
- Settlement.image_skyline
- ArwaicheerSportpalast.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Sports' Palace
- Settlement.image_map
- Ovorkhangai Arvaikheer sum map.PNG
- Settlement.mapsize
- 220px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Arvaikheer City in Övörkhangai Province
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mongolia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Mongolia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Övörkhangai Province
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 30000
- Area
- 173
- Elevation
- 1831
- Image
- ArwaicheerSportpalast.jpg
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- Commons category
- Arwaicheer
- native label
- ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠶᠢᠬᠡᠭᠡᠷ ᠰᠤᠮᠤ
- P12749
- Gummersbach
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Travel guide
Understand
Arvayheer has quite the scrubby steppe look.
Get in
Arvayheer is well connected by paved roads with Ulaanbaatar to the northeast and Bayanhongor to the west, making it one of the easier places to reach in Mongolia.
Go next
Just north of Arvayheer is the Orkhan Valley and the ruins of the Karakorum, former capital of the Mongol Empire.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~3 min read
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Climate
- Administrative divisions
- Transportation
- Sights and infrastructure
- References
Arvaikheer, also spelt Arwaiheer (, ; "Barley Steppe") is the capital of Övörkhangai Aimag (province) and one of the most central points of Mongolia. thumb|Administration building thumb|Theatre thumb|New park
It is a centre for traditional crafts, goat herding and equestrian sports, and hosts a large regional horse festival every year. Arvaikheer has a population of 19,058 (2000 census), 23,298 (2004 est.), 24,954 (2006 est.), 25,622 (2008 est.). Arvaikheer is by far the largest town in the aimag.
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