Ulaanbaatar (mng)

Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbaatar ranks 851st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Delft, Kampala, and Samarkand. Memorable people born in Ulaanbaatar include Damdin Sükhbaatar, Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, and Khaltmaagiin Battulga. Memorable people who died in Ulaanbaatar include Bogd Khan, Sorghaghtani Beki, and Damdin Sükhbaatar. Ulaanbaatar has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Ulaanbaatar is located in Mongolia.

Ulaanbaatar is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It has a population of 1.6 million, and it is the coldest capital city in the world by average yearly temperature. The municipality is located in north central Mongolia at an elevation of about 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) in a valley on the Tuul River. The city was founded in 1639 as a nomadic Buddhist monastic centre, changing location 29 times, and was permanently settled at its modern location in 1778. Read more on Wikipedia