Karakorum
Karakorum was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260, and later served as the capital of the Northern Yuan dynasty in the late 14th and 15th centuries.
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- Ruin
- …has about 9,440 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,460 metres (4,770 feet)
- Description: first capital of the Mongol empire, established in 1220
- Also known as“Har Horin”“Holin”“Khar Khorin”“Khara Kurum”“Qara Qorum”“Qara Qum”
Places of Interest Nearby
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Kharkhorin Airport
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Erdene Zuu
The Erdene Zuu Monastery is probably the earliest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia.
3½ km south of Karakorum
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Karakorum
Karakorum is a city in Central Mongolia, about 300 km west of Ulaanbaatar as the crow flies.
Karakorum
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Latitude
47.23333° or 47° 14′ north
Longitude
102.83333° or 102° 50′ east
Open location code
8PV46RMM+88
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Karakorum” goes by many names.
KarakoroemAfrikaans
قراقورمArabic
قرة قورمArabic
ԿարակորումArmenian
KarakorumAsturian
QaraqorumAzerbaijani
ҠараҡоромBashkir
Ҡараҡором (ҡала)Bashkir
КаракорумBelarusian
КаракорумBulgarian
KarakorumCatalan
HarhorinCebuano
Harhorin (kapital sa distrito)Cebuano
КаракорумChechen
和林Chinese
哈剌和林Chinese
哈尔和林Chinese
哈拉和林Chinese
哈爾和林Chinese
QaraqırımCrimean Tatar
KarakorumCzech
KarakurumCzech
KarakorumDanish
Khara KhorumDanish
QaraqorumDanish
KarakurumDimli (individual language)
KarakoroemDutch
KarakorumDutch
KarakurumDutch
قراقورمEgyptian Arabic
KarakorumoEsperanto
KarakorumEstonian
KarakorumFinnish
KarakorumGalician
ΚαρακορούμGreek
חרחוריןHebrew
קארקורוםHebrew
קראקורוםHebrew
קרקורוםHebrew
KarakorumHungarian
KarakorumIndonesian
KarakorumItalian
Qara QorumItalian
カラコラムJapanese
カラコルムJapanese
ハラホリンJapanese
和林Japanese
喀喇昆侖Japanese
Қарақорым қаласыKazakh
Кара-КорумKirghiz
카라코룸Korean
KarakorumKurdish
CaracoramLatin
Issedon ScythicaLatin
КаракорумLezghian
КаракорумMacedonian
КаракорумMongolian
Хар ХорумMongolian
KarakorumNorwegian
KarakhorumNorwegian Bokmål
KarakorumNorwegian Bokmål
QaraqorumNorwegian Bokmål
KarakorumOccitan (post 1500)
КаракорумOssetian
قرا قرومPersian
قراقورومPersian
قرهقرومPersian
قرهقورومPersian
کاراکورامPersian
کراکرومPersian
KarakorumPolish
KarakorumRomanian
Karakorum (oraș)Romanian
КаракорумRussian
Каракорум (город)Russian
KarakorumScots
КаракорумSerbian
KarakorumSlovenian
قاراقورومSouth Azerbaijani
قاراقوروم (شهر)South Azerbaijani
CharchorinSwedish
Harhorin (distriktshuvudort)Swedish
KarakorumSwedish
KarakurumSwedish
கரகோரம்Tamil
QaraqorımTatar
คาราคอรมThai
KarakorumTurkish
KarakurumTurkish
КаракорумUkrainian
قراقرم شہرUrdu
QoraqurumUzbek
KarakorumVietnamese
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