Kharkhorin
Kharkhorin is a town in Karakorum, Övörhangay.Places of Interest
Highlights include Erdene Zuu.
Erdene Zuu
Museum
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Erdene Zuu Monastery is probably the earliest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. Built in 1585, it is located in Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai Province and is now included within the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site.
Kharkhorin
- Type: Town
- Category: locality
- Location: Karakorum, Övörhangay, Central Mongolia, Mongolia, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
47.19752° or 47° 11′ 51″ northLongitude
102.82885° or 102° 49′ 44″ eastOpen location code
8PV45RXH+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1453173582OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Kharkhorin” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “哈拉和林”
- German: “Charchorin”
- Japanese: “ハラホリン”
- Russian: “Каракорум”
- Ukrainian: “Хархорін”
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