Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar — also Ulan Bator, UB, or in the local language, Khot — is the capital and the largest city of Mongolia. With more than 1.6 million residents as of 2023, Ulaanbaatar is home to roughly half of Mongolia's population and serves as the starting point for pretty much all travel around Mongolia.Places of Interest
Highlights include National Museum of Mongolia and Choijin Lama Temple Museum.
National Museum of Mongolia
Museum
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Museum of Mongolia formerly known as the National Museum of Mongolian History is a history museum focusing on Mongolian history located in Chingeltei, Ulaanbaatar.
Choijin Lama Temple Museum
Museum
Photo: Vadaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Choijin Lama Temple is a Buddhist monastery in Sükhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The complex consists of six temples originally occupied by the brother of the ruler the Eighth Bogd Jetsun Dampa Khan, Choijin Lama Luvsankhaidav, who was the state oracle and 'Precious Wisdom and Clear Devotion' Khutugtu at the time.
Ulan Bator
Railway station
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ulaanbaatar is the main railway station of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The station is the center of regional and international traffic in Mongolia, and is the largest station in the country.
Ulaanbaatar
- Location: Mongolia, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
47.9167° or 47° 55′ northLongitude
106.9167° or 106° 55′ eastPopulation
1,610,000Elevation
1,299 metres (4,262 feet)Open location code
8PV8WW88+MMGeoNames ID
2028461
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Ulaanbaatar” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ኡላንባታር”
- Azerbaijani: “Ulaanbaatar”
- Bengali: “উলানবাটার”
- French: “Oulan-Bator”
- German: “Ulaanbaatar”
- Hausa: “Ulaanbaatar”
- Japanese: “ウランバートル”
- Javanese: “Ulaanbaatar”
- Kazakh: “Ұланбатыр”
- Kirghiz: “Улаанбаатар”
- Malay: “Ulaanbaatar”
- Mongolian: “Ulaanbaatar Hot”
- Mongolian: “Ulaanbaatar”
- Oromo: “Ulaanbaatar”
- Panjabi: “ਉਲਾਨਬਾਤਾਰ”
- Persian: “اولان باتور”
- Portuguese: “Ulã Bator”
- Pushto: “اولانباتور”
- Russian: “Улан-Батор”
- Somali: “Ulaanbaatar”
- Spanish: “Ulán Bator”
- Swahili: “Ulaanbaatar”
- Tajik: “Улаан-Батор”
- Tatar: “Улаанбаатар”
- Uzbek: “Ulaanbaatar”
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Notable Places Nearby
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