Sükhbaatar (city)

Provincial capital of Selenge Province, Mongolia

District in Selenge Province, Mongolia

Sükhbaatar

Сүхбаатар
ᠰᠦᠬᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ

District

Sükhbaatar District
Сүхбаатар сум
ᠰᠦᠬᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷᠰᠤᠮᠤ

Sükhbaatar outskirts with Russian border in the background

Sükhbaatar

Location in Mongolia

Coordinates: 50°14′11″N 106°12′23″E﻿ / ﻿50.23639°N 106.20639°E﻿ / 50.23639; 106.20639
Country|  Mongolia
Province| Selenge Province
Founded| 1940
Area

• Total

| 45.0 km2 (17.4 sq mi)
Elevation

| 1,124 m (3,688 ft)
Population

(2017)

• Total

| 22,741
• Density| 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Climate| Dwb

Sükhbaatar (Mongolian: Сүхбаатар, Russian: Сухэ-Батор) is the capital of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia, on the Orkhon river. As of late 2007, the city population is 19,224.[1]

## History

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The city was founded in 1940 and named after the Mongolian revolutionary leader Damdin Sükhbaatar.

## Transport

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Sükhbaatar is the northernmost railway station on the Trans-Mongolian Railway in Mongolia. The first railway station on the Russian side of the border is Naushki.

Taxi service is available at the railway station and about a block north. Taxis offer service within Sükhbaatar as well as neighbouring Sums, like Shaamar (10,000- 15,000 tugs for whole car or 2,000 per person), you can also get a taxi to Darkhan for 8,000-10,000 tugs per person.

## Climate

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Sükhbaatar has a dry-winter warm-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwb).

Climate data for Sukhbaatar, 1981–2010

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | −17.1
(1.2)  | −10.4
(13.3)  | 1.3
(34.3)  | 12.1
(53.8)  | 20.2
(68.4)  | 25.3
(77.5)  | 26.9
(80.4)  | 24.5
(76.1)  | 18.1
(64.6)  | 9.1
(48.4)  | −3.8
(25.2)  | −14.0
(6.8)  | 7.7
(45.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | −27.5
(−17.5)  | −23.9
(−11.0)  | −13.2
(8.2)  | −3.1
(26.4)  | 4.1
(39.4)  | 10.5
(50.9)  | 14.1
(57.4)  | 11.7
(53.1)  | 4.4
(39.9)  | −3.8
(25.2)  | −14.4
(6.1)  | −23.4
(−10.1)  | −5.4
(22.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 3.2
(0.13)  | 2.4
(0.09)  | 3.0
(0.12)  | 8.3
(0.33)  | 24.7
(0.97)  | 52.0
(2.05)  | 67.7
(2.67)  | 69.9
(2.75)  | 33.8
(1.33)  | 9.2
(0.36)  | 6.2
(0.24)  | 4.0
(0.16)  | 284.4
(11.2)
Average precipitation days  | 6.6  | 4.5  | 5.9  | 6.5  | 10.2  | 14.4  | 16.9  | 15.0  | 10.6  | 6.5  | 6.7  | 7.1  | 110.9
Source: World Meteorological Organization[2]

## References

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1. ^ Official site of the Selenge aimag (version 2008) Archived 2008-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "World Weather Information Service – Sukhbaatar". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved November 12, 2022.

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Districts of Selenge

* Altanbulag
* Baruunbüren
* Bayangol
* Javkhlant
* Khüder
* Khushaat
* Mandal (Züünkharaa city)
* Orkhon
* Orkhontuul
* Sant
* Saikhan
* Shaamar
* Sükhbaatar (city)
* Tsagaannuur
* Tüshig
* Yeröö
* Züünbüren

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Provincial capitals of Mongolia

Capital: Ulaanbaatar

* Choir, Govisümber
* Mandalgovi, Dundgobi
* Dalanzadgad, Ömnögovi
* Baruun-Urt, Sükhbaatar
* Sainshand, Dornogovi
* Altai, Govi-Altai
* Bulgan, Bulgan
* Öndörkhaan, Khentii
* Choibalsan, Dornod
* Ulaangom, Uvs
* Uliastai, Zavkhan
* Erdenet, Orkhon
* Bayankhongor, Bayankhongor
* Zuunmod, Töv
* Khovd, Khovd
* Darkhan, Darkhan-Uul
* Tsetserleg, Arkhangai
* Ölgii, Bayan-Ölgii
* Sükhbaatar, Selenge
* Arvaikheer, Övörkhangai
* Mörön, Khövsgöl

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