Travel Guide, Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbataar was established in its present location in 1778. The geographical and cultural centre is Sukhbaatar Square, named after the first leader of independent Mongolia. There is also the Gandan Monastery which is the only surviving fully operation al Buddhist Monastery to have lasted through the 1930’s Communist purges.

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See and do in Ulaanbaatar

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When to go: From May to September.
Population: 1,000,000 inhabitants
Language(s): Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
Altitude (in meters): 1284
Telephone code (prefix): 11
Major exports: copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals, coal
Major imports: machinery and equipment, fuel, cars, food products, industrial consumer goods, chemicals, building materials, sugar, tea