Bürd, Övörkhangai
District in Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bürd (Mongolian: Бүрд) is a sum (district) of Övörkhangai Province in southern Mongolia. In 2008, its population was 3,135.[1]
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Bürd sum was where what would become the modern Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar was founded. It was established near Shireet Tsagaan Nuur, a lake in the north of the sum in 1639, to be the seat of Zanabazar.