Choibalsan
Choibalsan (Mongolian: Чойбалсан) is the fourth-largest city in Mongolia after Ulaanbaatar, Darkhan, and Erdenet. The name of the city was Bayan Tümen (Баян Түмэн) 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 with the city's administrative unit named as Kherlen sum, enclosing an area of 281 sqkm.
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Choibalsan (Mongolian: Чойбалсан) is the fourth-largest city in Mongolia after Ulaanbaatar, Darkhan, and Erdenet. The name of the city was Bayan Tümen (Баян Түмэн) 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 with the city's administrative unit named as Kherlen sum, enclosing an area of 281 sqkm.
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Overview
Overview
It is situated at the Kherlen River, at an elevation of 747 m above sea level.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Choibalsan • Native Name — Чойбалсан • Settlement Type — District • Official Name — Хэрлэн сум • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Mongolia • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Dornod Province • Area Total Km2 — 281 • Population As Of — 2025 • Population Total — 38,537 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone — UTC + 8 • Utc Offset — +8 • Elevation M — 747 • Area Code — +976 (0)158 • Website — www.dornod.gov.mn
History
History
• Illustration — Choibalsan (labelled as CHOYBALSAN (BAYAN TUMAN)) (1955) 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 center 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
Population
The city of Choibalsan has a population of 45,490 (1994), 41,714 (2000), 36,142 (2003), 39,500 (2006), 39,500 (2007, 53.2% of the Dornod Aimag's total population), 38,150 (2008, 51.2% of the Aimag's population) and 38,537 (2025). Choibalsan is inhabited primarily by Halh Mongols, with smaller numbers of Buryats, Barga Mongols, and Üzemchin.
Climate
Climate
Choibalsan experiences a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with frigid, very dry winters and warm, wetter summers. In terms of temperatures it resembles a humid continental climate (Dwb), but falls short of that classification due to the very dry winters. Extreme temperatures range from a minimum of -41.1 °C on 1 January 1959 to a maximum of 41.9 °C, recorded on 3 August 2016.
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
• Choibalsan Thermal Power Plant
Tourist attractions
Tourist attractions
• Central Library of Dornod Province
Transportation
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. There is a railway line (unconnected to the rest of the Mongolian rail network) that connects Choibalsan to the Trans-Siberian Railway (the original routing) in Borzya, Russia; although there are no passenger service across the border: passenger trains from Choibalsan terminate in Chuluunkhoroot (Ereentsav).
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