Choibalsan, Dornod Province, Mongolia
🇲🇳 Choibalsan is the fourth-largest city in Mongolia. The name of the city was Bayan Tümen until 1941, when it was renamed after the communist leader Khorloogiin Choibalsan in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Mongolian Revolution of 1921. It is the capital of the province of Dornod. The city administrative unit's official name is Kherlen sum. It is situated at the Kherlen River, at an elevation of 747 metres or 2,451 feet above sea level.
History The location has been a post on a trading route for centuries. In the 19th century it grew into a city, and became the economic hub of eastern Mongolia in the twentieth century and is still serving as an active economic centre for Eastern Mongolia.
Due to the city's proximity to the site of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, it contains a museum dedicated to Georgy Zhukov, hero of the battle.
Population Choibalsan is inhabited primarily by Halh Mongols, with smaller numbers of Buryats, Barga Mongols, and Üzemchin. There is also a minority of immigrants from China who now constitutes the only China Town in Mongolia outside Ulaanbaatar.
Transportation The Choibalsan Airport (COQ/ZMCD) has one paved runway, and is served by regular flights to Ulaanbaatar, and Hailar and Manzhouli in Inner Mongolia, China.
Choibalsan, Dornod Province, Mongolia
Choibalsan has a population of over 44,840 people. Choibalsan also forms the centre of the wider Dornod province which has a population of over 76,507 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Choibalsan has links with:
🇷🇺 Chita, Russia🇺🇦 Mohyliv-Podilskyi 48.45
🇺🇦 Dnipropetrovsk 48.474
🇨🇦 Chicoutimi 48.417
🇩🇪 Pfarrkirchen 48.417
🇺🇸 Mount Vernon 48.417
🇦🇹 Krems an der Donau 48.41
🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou 114.886
🇧🇳 Bandar Seri Begawan 114.928
🇨🇳 Puyang Chengguanzhen 115.005
Locations Near: Choibalsan 114.879,48.4428
🇲🇳 Baruun-Urt 113.267,46.667 d: 231.6
🇨🇳 Manzhouli 117.379,49.598 d: 223
🇷🇺 Krasnokamensk 118.033,50.1 d: 293.8
🇷🇺 Chita 113.513,52.024 d: 409.9
🇲🇳 Chinggis City 110.661,47.323 d: 338.2
🇨🇳 Hailar District 119.771,49.207 d: 368
🇨🇳 Hailar 119.825,49.235 d: 372.5
🇨🇳 Zhangbei 114.75,41.167 d: 809.1
Antipodal to: Choibalsan -65.121,-48.443
🇦🇷 Río Gallegos -69.2,-51.617 d: 19557.6
🇦🇷 Puerto Madryn -65.037,-42.773 d: 19384.6
🇦🇷 Ushuaia -68.272,-54.789 d: 19276.8
🇨🇱 Punta Arenas -70.91,-53.162 d: 19351.6
🇨🇱 Coyhaique -72.067,-45.567 d: 19399.3
🇦🇷 Viedma -62.995,-40.808 d: 19149.8
🇦🇷 San Carlos de Bariloche -71.312,-41.143 d: 19068.5
🇦🇷 Bariloche -71.31,-41.133 d: 19067.6
🇦🇷 General Roca -67.575,-39.027 d: 18949.8
🇦🇷 Cipolletti -67.987,-38.929 d: 18932.6