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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  • Type: Ruin
  • Description: first capital of the Mongol empire, established in 1220
  • Also known as: “Caracoram”, “Caracorum”, “Charchorin”, “Har Horin”, “Harhorin (distriktshuvudort)”, “Holin”, “Karakhorum”, “Karakoroum”, “Khar Khorin”, “Khara Khorum”, “Khara Kurum”, “Kharakhorum”, “Palácio de karakorum”, “Qara Qorum”, “Qara Qum”, “Qaraqoroum”, “Каракорум (город)”, “קארקורום”, “קראקורום”, “קרקורום”, “قرا قروم”, “قراقوروم”, “قرة قورم”, “قره قروم”, “قره‌قوروم”, “کاراکورام”, “کراکروم”, “カラコラム”, “ハラホリン”, “和林”, “哈剌和林”, “哈尔和林”, “哈爾和林”, and “喀喇昆侖”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Kharkhorin Airport and Erdene Zuu.

Aerodrome
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is a public located…

Museum
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The Monastery is probably the earliest surviving Buddhist monastery in . is situated 3½ km south of Karakorum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karakorum.

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is a city in , about 300 km west of Ulaanbaatar as the crow flies.

Karakorum

Latitude
47.23333° or 47° 14′ north
Longitude
102.83333° or 102° 50′ east
Population
9,440
Elevation
1,455 metres (4,774 feet)
Open location code
8PV46RMM+88
Geo­Names ID
2030926
Wiki­data ID
Q62677
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Karakorum” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Karakoroem”
  • Arabic: “قراقورم”
  • Armenian: “Կարակորում”
  • Asturian: “Karakorum”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qaraqorum”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡараҡором (ҡала)”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡараҡором”
  • Belarusian: “Каракорум”
  • Bulgarian: “Каракорум”
  • Catalan: “Karakorum”
  • Cebuano: “Harhorin (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Harhorin”
  • Chechen: “Каракорум”
  • Chinese: “哈拉和林”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Qaraqırım”
  • Czech: “Karakorum”
  • Danish: “Karakorum”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Karakurum”
  • Dutch: “Karakorum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قراقورم”
  • Esperanto: “Karakorumo”
  • Estonian: “Karakorum”
  • Finnish: “Karakorum”
  • French: “Karakorum”
  • Galician: “Karakorum”
  • German: “Karakorum”
  • Greek: “Καρακορούμ”
  • Hebrew: “חרחורין”
  • Hungarian: “Karakorum”
  • Indonesian: “Karakorum”
  • Italian: “Karakorum”
  • Japanese: “カラコルム”
  • Kazakh: “Қарақорым қаласы”
  • Kirghiz: “Кара-Корум”
  • Kirghiz: “Каракорум”
  • Korean: “카라코룸”
  • Kurdish: “Karakorum”
  • Latin: “Issedon Scythica”
  • Lezghian: “Каракорум”
  • Macedonian: “Каракорум”
  • Mongolian: “Хар Хорум”
  • Mongolian: “Хархорум”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karakorum”
  • Norwegian: “Karakorum”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Karakorum”
  • Ossetian: “Каракорум”
  • Persian: “قراقروم”
  • Persian: “قره‌قروم”
  • Polish: “Karakorum”
  • Portuguese: “Caracórum”
  • Romanian: “Karakorum (oraș)”
  • Romanian: “Karakorum”
  • Russian: “Каракорум”
  • Scots: “Karakorum”
  • Serbian: “Каракорум”
  • Slovenian: “Karakorum”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قاراقوروم (شهر)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قاراقوروم”
  • Spanish: “Karakórum”
  • Swedish: “Karakorum”
  • Tamil: “கரகோரம்”
  • Tatar: “Qaraqorım”
  • Thai: “คาราคอรม”
  • Turkish: “Karakurum”
  • Ukrainian: “Каракорум”
  • Urdu: “قراقرم شہر”
  • Uzbek: “Qoraqurum”
  • Vietnamese: “Karakorum”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Erdene-Dzuu and Högshinii Tala.

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Places to explore: Ara Angala Gol and Nomto Oboo.

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