Baruun-Urt

Baruun-Urt (Mongolian: Баруун-Урт; ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠤᠷᠲᠤ, west-long) is a town in eastern Mongolia and the capital of Sükhbaatar Province. The town with its vicinities creates a sum (district) of Sükhbaatar Province. The Baruun-Urt sum area is 59 km², population 15,549, population density 265 per km² (2008). It forms an enclave within the surrounding Sükhbaatar sum.

Baruun-Urt District
Баруун-Урт сум
ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨᠤᠷᠲᠤᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
Sükhbaatar Square Statue in Baruun-Urt
Sükhbaatar Square Statue in Baruun-Urt
CountryMongolia
ProvinceSükhbaatar Province
Elevation
981 m (3,219 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total18,190
Time zoneUTC+8 (UTC + 8)
ClimateBSk

Tömörtiin Ovoo Zinc Mine lies about 13 km north of the town.

Population
Baruun-Urt city proper population [1][2][3][4][5][6]
1959
est.		 1969
census		 1979
census		 1989
census		 1994
est.		 2000
census		 2006
est.		 2008
est.
6,0008,00011,60016,10017,28915,13312,00012,944

Transportation

The Baruun-Urt Airport (UUN/ZMBU) has paved runway and cars There is a charter flight connecting the city to the capital when there are passengers. Usually MIAT, Mongolian Airlines doesn't fly to remote provinces especially to Sukhbaatar province but other two local airlines sometimes do. Recently some small airlines which has up to 8 seats started flying to suburban areas.

Climate

Baruun-Urt experiences a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with long, very dry, frigid winters and short, very warm summers.

Climate data for Baruun-Urt
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 0.2
(32.4)		 4.8
(40.6)		 17.3
(63.1)		 27.5
(81.5)		 34.6
(94.3)		 37.4
(99.3)		 39.0
(102.2)		 37.4
(99.3)		 30.5
(86.9)		 26.5
(79.7)		 12.9
(55.2)		 1.0
(33.8)		 39.0
(102.2)
Average high °C (°F) −16.3
(2.7)		 −12.0
(10.4)		 −1.2
(29.8)		 10.7
(51.3)		 19.2
(66.6)		 24.5
(76.1)		 26.2
(79.2)		 24.4
(75.9)		 17.9
(64.2)		 9.2
(48.6)		 −4.1
(24.6)		 −13.4
(7.9)		 7.1
(44.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −21.5
(−6.7)		 −18.1
(−0.6)		 −8.2
(17.2)		 3.0
(37.4)		 11.4
(52.5)		 17.6
(63.7)		 20.0
(68.0)		 18.0
(64.4)		 10.8
(51.4)		 1.7
(35.1)		 −10.3
(13.5)		 −18.8
(−1.8)		 0.5
(32.8)
Average low °C (°F) −26.2
(−15.2)		 −23.2
(−9.8)		 −14.5
(5.9)		 −4.0
(24.8)		 3.9
(39.0)		 11.2
(52.2)		 14.0
(57.2)		 12.0
(53.6)		 4.5
(40.1)		 −4.2
(24.4)		 −15.5
(4.1)		 −23.2
(−9.8)		 −5.4
(22.2)
Record low °C (°F) −38.3
(−36.9)		 −40.1
(−40.2)		 −32.2
(−26.0)		 −19.7
(−3.5)		 −8.8
(16.2)		 −1.8
(28.8)		 4.0
(39.2)		 0.2
(32.4)		 −7.2
(19.0)		 −23.0
(−9.4)		 −31.5
(−24.7)		 −38.2
(−36.8)		 −40.1
(−40.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.8
(0.07)		 1.5
(0.06)		 2.6
(0.10)		 6.7
(0.26)		 13.1
(0.52)		 35.3
(1.39)		 61.2
(2.41)		 50.6
(1.99)		 21.2
(0.83)		 5.9
(0.23)		 2.7
(0.11)		 1.8
(0.07)		 204.4
(8.04)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 0.7 0.5 0.6 1.5 2.3 6.8 8.1 7.5 3.5 1.5 0.7 0.6 34.3
Mean monthly sunshine hours 203.3 216.4 263.5 274.6 304.5 303.0 298.9 290.4 280.0 245.2 208.2 183.2 3,071.2
Source: NOAA (1961-1990) [7]

References
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Baruun-Urt.
  1. National Statistical Office Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. National Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981
  3. GeoHive: Global Statistics Archived 2013-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Population Statistics: historical demography". Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.reliefweb.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Sukhbaatar Aimag Statistical Office 2008 Annual Report Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Baruun-Urt Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 14, 2013.

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