Ulan Bator
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Ulan Bator (pronounced /ˈuːlɑːn ˈbɑːtər/ (deprecatit template)) or Ulaanbaatar (/ˈuːlɑːn ˈbɑːtɑr/; Mongolie: Улаанбаатар, ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ Inglis: The Red Hero), is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Mongolie. The ceety is an independent municipality, no pairt o ony province, an its population as o 2008 wis juist ower ane million.
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Locatit in the north central pairt o the kintra, the ceety lies at an elevation o aboot 1,310 metres (4,300 ft) in a valley on the Tuul River. It is the cultural, industrial, an financial hert o the kintra. It is an aa the centre o Mongolie's road netwirk, an connectit bi rail tae the Trans-Siberian Railway an the Cheenese railwey netwirk.
The ceety wis foondit in 1639 as an initially nomadic Buddhist monastic centre. In 1778 it settled permanently at its present location, the junction o the Tuul an Selbe rivers. Afore that it haed chynged location twintie-aicht times, wi each location bein chosen ceremonially. In the twentiet century, Ulan Bator grew intae a major manufacturin centre.