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Ulaanbaatar (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 54 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.9000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 106 52 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 106.8667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Largest city & junction point of all railway & road networks in Mongolia; center of nation's cultural, political & economic life; 18th-cen. trade center on Russia-China caravan routes; center of first Mongolian revolt against Russia in 1911. |
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| Ulaanbaatar (preferred,C,V)
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............ | since 1924; means "red valiant warrior" |
| Ulan Bator (C,V)
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| Ulan-Bator (C,V)
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| Ulan Bator Hoto (C,V)
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| Ulan-Bator Khoto (C,V)
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| Kulun (C,O)
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| Urga (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as Urga, 1639, as center of Lamaistic religion |
| city (C) |
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| autonomous municipality (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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since 1921 |
| transportation center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| financial center (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Mongolia .......... (nation) |
| .................. |
(World, Asia) [7029379] |
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