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Sukhbaatar. Selenge aimag.
THE REGIONS OF MONGOLIA
SELENGE AIMAG
Sükhbaatar (Mongolian: Сүхбаатар, Russian: Сухэ-Батор)
Selenge aimag is located in the North part of Mongolia in a beautiful basin of Orkhon and Selenge rivers. Selenge is the first - or last - aimag seen by
train travelers shuttling between Ulaanbaatar and Russia. There is not a lot to attract visitors to Selenge except the majestic, but remote, monastery
Amarbayasgalant Khiid and some beautiful scenery.
Sükhbaatar (Mongolian: Сүхбаатар, Russian: Сухэ-Батор) is the capital of
Selenge Province in northern Mongolia. Initially, in 1920, it was formed under the name Tsagaan ereg. In
1940, it was renamed and named after the Mongolian prevolutionary hero D.Sukhbaatar.
Population 20,000. Elevation 626m. Near
the junction of the Selenge and Orkhon rivers. Sukhbaatar, was founded in the
1940s. Although Mongolia's chief border town, it is a quiet, pleasant place.
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