Sükhbaatar (city) explained

Sükhbaatar
Native Name:Сүхбаатар
Native Name Lang:mn
Settlement Type:District
Official Name:
Сүхбаатар сум
Pushpin Map:Mongolia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mongolia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mongolia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Selenge Province
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1940
Area Total Km2:45.0
Population As Of:2017
Population Total:22741
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:50.2364°N 106.2064°W
Elevation M:1124
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Dwb

Sükhbaatar (Mongolian: Сүхбаатар, Russian: Сухэ-Батор) is the capital of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia, on the Orkhon river. As of late 2007, the city population is 19,224.[1]

History

The city was founded in 1940 and named after the Mongolian revolutionary leader Damdin Sükhbaatar.

Transport

Sükhbaatar is the northernmost railway station on the Trans-Mongolian Railway in Mongolia. The first railway station on the Russian side of the border is Naushki.

Taxi service is available at the railway station and about a block north. Taxis offer service within Sükhbaatar as well as neighbouring Sums, like Shaamar (10,000- 15,000 tugs for whole car or 2,000 per person), you can also get a taxi to Darkhan for 8,000-10,000 tugs per person.

Climate

Sükhbaatar has a dry-winter warm-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwb).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.selenge.mn/# Official site of the Selenge aimag (version 2008)