Mörön
Provincial capital of Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mörön (Mongolian: Мөрөн;ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ, lit. 'river'), also spelled Murun, is the administrative center of Khövsgöl Aimag (province) in northern Mongolia. Before 1933, Khatgal had been the aimag capital.
Mörön
Мөрөн ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ | |
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Mörön District Мөрөн сум ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨᠰᠤᠮᠤ | |
Coordinates: 49°38′08″N 100°09′20″E | |
Country | Mongolia |
Province | Khövsgöl |
Settled | 1809 |
Area | |
• District | 102.9 km2 (39.7 sq mi) |
• Urban | 16.04 km2 (6.19 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,710 m (5,610 ft) |
Population (2017) | |
• District | 39,404 |
• Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 |
Postal code | 210 xxx |
Area code | +976 (0)138 |
License plate | ХӨ (_ variable) |
It has 12,286 families and a population of 46,918, and is considered a major city such as Ulaanbaatar, Darhan, Erdenet and Choibalsan. In terms of administrative units, it is divided into 14 khoroo and covers approximately 102.9 km2. Demographics are split as 51.58% females to 48.42% males. 41.25% of the population is aged between 15 and 39.
Although a poorly developed town, Mörön has a hospital, a museum, a theatre, a post office, nine schools and fifteen kindergartens. It was connected to the Mongolian central power grid in 2004. The town has had a paved road connecting it to Mongolia's capital city Ulaanbaatar since December 2014, as a part of a government effort to extend paved roads from Ulaanbaatar to all Aimag capitals.[1]