Bürd District | |
Native Name: | Бүрд сум |
Native Name Lang: | mn |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mongolia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Övörkhangai Province |
Timezone: | UTC + 8 |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Bürd (Mongolian: Бүрд) is a sum (district) of Övörkhangai Province in southern Mongolia. In 2008, its population was 3,135.[1]
Bürd sum was where what would become the modern Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar was founded. It was established near Shireet Tsagaan Nuur, a lake in the north of the sum in 1639, to be the seat of Zanabazar.