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Ulaanbaatar
47.92° N, 106.91° E
- Population
- 885,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 21
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 21 cities of Mongolia in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Mongolia, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1639
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 1,350 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 4,704 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Time zone
- Asia/Ulaanbaatar
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Practical bearings for Ulaanbaatar, from the same records as the rest of this page.
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Overview
Name
Meaning "red hero" in Mongolian, the name honors national hero Damdin Sukhbaatar, leader of the partisan army that, with Soviet help, liberated Mongolia from Chinese occupation.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
