Ulaanbaatar (UB), the capital city of Mongolia, is located in the north-central part of the country in the Tuul River valley elevated at 1,300m above sea level and surrounded by 4 sacred mountains: Bogd Khan Mountain, Songino Khairkhan Mountain, Chingeltei Mountain and Bayanzurkh Mountain. By 2024 statistics, the population of the city was counted at 1,640,800 people which accounts for almost 50% of the total Mongolian population. Ulaanbaatar is the cultural, political, and financial heart of the country. The Tuul River valley is one of the most fertile regions that nomadic tribes always wanted to establish their control over since the dawn of time.
Sukhbaatar Square, Ulaanbaatar
UB has become a main tourist hub for foreign tourism in Mongolia, where most visitors begin their adventures upon arriving by plane or rail. UB has numerous museums with world-famous valuable exhibits and Buddhist heritage sites. In UB there are 14 historical and cultural sites that are listed under State Protection including Gandan Monastery, Megjid Janraisig Statue, Bogd Khan's Winter Palace, Ger Shaped small temples, Dari Ekh Temple's two stone columns, Geser Temple, Choijin Lama Temple dedicated to the brother of the Bogd Khan, Dambadarjaalin Monastery, petroglyphs at Ikh Tenger and Gachuurt Mountain range, numerous tombs at Songinokhairkhan Mountain, and Chin Van Khanddorj's house. Also, there are 11 places under the city's preservation and protection: Zanabazar Fine Arts Museum building, the first European style 2 storey apartment building, two stone lion statues on the Arslantai Bridge, some buildings of the Bogd Khan's summer complex, Khunnu tombs in Belkhiin Am, two stone lion statues in front of the National University of Mongolia, rock scripts in Nukhtiin Am, where the patriotic lords held a secret meeting regarding the separation from the Manchu dominance and the Tsogtbadamjav's house.
Places to visit in Ulaanbaatar
- Sukhbaatar Square
- Gandan Monastery
- Chinggis Khaan National Museum
- National History Museum
- Zaisan Hill Memorial
- Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan
- Choijin Lama Temple Museum
- Central Museum of Dinosaurs of Mongolia
- Narantuul Market
- Cashmere store
Districts of Ulaanbaatar
- Bagakhangai
- Baganuur
- Bayangol
- Bayanzurkh
- Chingeltei
- Khan-Uul
- Nalaikh
- Songinokhairkhan
- Sukhbaatar
List of twin towns and sister cities of Ulaanbaatar
- Ankara, Turkey
- Astana, Kazakhstan
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Beijing, China
- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Chongqing, China
- Denver, USA
- Elista, Russia
- Gaziantep, Turkey
- Havana, Cuba
- Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
- Incheon, South Korea
- Irkutsk, Russia
- Moscow, Russia
- Novosibirsk, Russia
- Oakland, USA
- Seoul, South Korea
- Ulan-Ude, Russia
About Mongolia
- The capital city, Ulaanbaatar
- Attractions close to Ulaanbaatar
- Gobi Desert
