Karakorum

Karakorum is a city in , about 300 km west of Ulaanbaatar as the crow flies. Locals call it Har Horin or Harhorin. Karakorum and its surroundings have been the location of many imperial capitals throughout history, including that of the Uighur Khaganate, the Mongol Empire when Marco Polo visited, and later on, the Northern Yuan.
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  • Type: Town with 8,410 residents
  • Description: Sum (district) in Övörkhangai Aimag, Mongolia
  • Also known as: “Charchorin sum”, “Harhorin (distrikt)”, “Harorin”, “Kharhorin”, “Kharkhorin”, “Хархорин ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠣᠷᠢᠨ”, “Хархорум”, “ハルホリン”, “哈拉和林苏木”, “哈拉和林蘇木”, “哈爾和林”, “哈爾赫林縣”, and “哈爾霍林”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Erdene Zuu.

Museum
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The Monastery is probably the earliest surviving Buddhist monastery in .

Karakorum

Latitude
47.1928° or 47° 11′ 34″ north
Longitude
102.8202° or 102° 49′ 13″ east
Population
8,410
Elevation
1,476 metres (4,843 feet)
IATA airport code
KHR
UN/LOCODE
MN KHR
Open location code
8PV45RVC+43
Open­Street­Map ID
node 690895589
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7648891
Wiki­data ID
Q932069
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Karakorum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خاركورين”
  • Catalan: “Kharkhorin”
  • Cebuano: “Harhorin (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Harhorin”
  • Chinese: “哈尔和林苏木”
  • Chinese: “哈拉和林”
  • Chinese: “哈爾和林蘇木”
  • Czech: “Charchorin”
  • Dutch: “Kharkhorin”
  • French: “Kharkhorin”
  • German: “Charchorin”
  • Hindi: “खारखोरिन”
  • Hungarian: “Harhorin járás”
  • Hungarian: “Harhorini járás”
  • Italian: “Harhorin”
  • Japanese: “カラコルム”
  • Japanese: “ハラホリン”
  • Latvian: “Harhorina”
  • Lithuanian: “Charchorinas”
  • Macedonian: “Хархорин”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kharkhorin”
  • Mongolian: “Хархорин сум”
  • Mongolian: “Хархорин”
  • Persian: “خارخارین، مغولستان”
  • Persian: “خارخورین”
  • Polish: “Karakorum”
  • Russian: “Каракорум”
  • Russian: “Хархорин”
  • Scots: “Kharkhorin”
  • Spanish: “Jarjorin”
  • Swedish: “Charchorin”
  • Turkish: “Harhorin”
  • Ukrainian: “Хархорін”
  • Urdu: “خارخارین”
  • Vietnamese: “Kharkhorin”

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