Ulaanbaatar

Also known as Niislel Hüree, East Hüree, Khan of Urga, Hüree, Ulan-Bator, Ulan Bator, Ih Huree, Kulun

Ulaanbaatar is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It has a population of 1.67 million, and is the coldest capital city in the world by average yearly temperature. The municipality is located in north central Mongolia at an elevation of about in a valley on the Tuul River. The city was founded in 1639 as a nomadic Buddhist monastic centre, changing location 29 times, and was permanently settled at its modern location in 1778.

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Ulaanbaatar is the capital and largest city of Mongolia, home to 1.67 million people and notable for being the world's coldest capital city by average annual temperature. Founded in 1639 as a Buddhist monastic center that moved frequently before settling permanently in 1778, it now serves as the country's political and cultural hub, located in a valley in north central Mongolia.

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Settlement.nicknames: УБ (UB), Нийслэл (capital), Хот (city)
Settlement.settlement_type: Capital city
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Settlement.image_flag: File:Flag of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.svg
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Settlement.map_caption1: Ulaanbaatar highlighted in Mongolia
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Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia
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Official name: ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ
Demonym: Oulan-batoraise
Population: 893437
Area: 4704.4
Elevation: 1350
Official website: ulaanbaatar.mn
Image: UB downtown.jpg
Dialing code: 11
Licence plate code: УН_

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Commons category: Ulaanbaatar
postal code: 210
Commons gallery: Улаанбаатар
inception: 1639-01-01
native label: ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ
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Contents

Names and etymology
History
Prehistory
Before 1639
Mobile monastery
Urga and the Kyakhta trade
Independence and Niislel Khüree
Socialist era
Contemporary era
Demolition of historic buildings
Geography
Climate
Cityscape
Parks
Demographics
Religion
Governance
Districts
Municipal symbols
Economy
Culture
Arts
Monasteries
Museums
Education
Libraries
University libraries
Digital libraries
Special libraries
Sport
Infrastructure
Transport
Public transport
Road
Rail
Air
Future proposals
Energy
Water
Pollution
Twin towns and sister cities
Notes
References
Further reading
External links
Video

During its early years, as Örgöö (anglicized as Urga), it became Mongolia's preeminent religious centre and seat of the Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, the spiritual head of the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia. Following the regulation of Qing-Russian trade by the Treaty of Kyakhta in 1727, a caravan route between Beijing and Kyakhta opened up, along which the city was eventually settled. With the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1911, the city was a focal point for independence efforts, leading to the proclamation of the Bogd Khanate in 1911 led by the 8th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, or Bogd Khan, and again during the communist revolution of 1921. With the proclamation of the Mongolian People's Republic in 1924, the city was officially renamed Ulaanbaatar and declared the country's capital.