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]
The city was founded in 1940 and named after the Mongolian revolutionary leader Damdin Sükhbaatar.
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.
Sükhbaatar has a dry-winter warm-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwb).