Bulgan (city)
| Bulgan | |
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 Bulgan
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| Coordinates: 48°48′43″N 103°32′01″E / 48.81194°N 103.53361°E | |
| Country |  Mongolia |
| Province | Bulgan Province |
| Area | |
| • Sum | 99.95 km2 (38.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Sum | 12,323 |
| • Density | 123.29/km2 (319.3/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,198 |
Bulgan (Mongol: Булган) is a town, administrative centre of Bulgan province of Mongolia. Bulgan sum has a population of 11,984 (2005, town proper 10,878[1]), 12,323(2008)[2], town proper has a population of 11,198 (2008)[2]. It is located at the site of the former Daichin Wangiin Khüree monastery at an elevation of 1,208 metres (3,963 ft) and 468 kilometres (291 mi) from Ulan Bator.
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[edit] History
Bulgan was founded in 1938[3].
[edit] Sights
A former military point in the south of Bulgan, which was founded in 1921, was transformed into a museum. One of its buildings, which was used as a shop before 1921, dates from 1668[4].
There is another sightworthy museum in the center of town. Its most interessting part is a display on Mongolia's first man in space, J. Gurragchaa, who was born in Bulgan Aimag in 1947[5].
The mausoleum of Khatanbaatar Magsarjav, a national hero who liberated the mongolian town of Khovd from the Chinese in 1912, can be seen on a hill in the southwest of Bulgan[6].
Dashchoinkhorlon Khiid is a monastery rebuilt in 1992. The former monastery, Bangiin Khuree which had been inhabited by about 1000 monks, was destroyed by order of Khorloogiin Choibalsan in 1937[7].
[edit] Nature Reserve
Uran Togoo Tulga Nature Reserve (1600 hectare), about 60km west of Bulgan, is famous for its extinct volcanoes, e.g. Uran Uul.
[edit] Transportation
The Bulgan Airport (UGA/ZMBN) has one unpaved runway and is served by regular flights to Ulan Bator, Khovd, and Mörön.
Bulgan is linked to Erdenet and to Ulan Bator by a paved road.
[edit] Climate
Bulgan experiences a subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc) with long, dry, very cold winters and short, warm summers.
| Climate data for Bulgan | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −12.4 (9.7) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
0.7 (33.3) |
9.7 (49.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
7.00 (44.60) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −20.5 (−4.9) |
−18.1 (−0.6) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
1.0 (33.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−1.27 (29.72) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −26.5 (−15.7) |
−24.9 (−12.8) |
−16.2 (2.8) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
0.1 (32.2) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−23.8 (−10.8) |
−8.33 (17.02) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 1.4 (0.055) |
2.0 (0.079) |
3.1 (0.122) |
10.9 (0.429) |
22.7 (0.894) |
52.6 (2.071) |
71.3 (2.807) |
63.8 (2.512) |
32.5 (1.28) |
12.4 (0.488) |
3.8 (0.15) |
1.9 (0.075) |
278.4 (10.961) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 8.4 | 12.9 | 10.4 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 50.7 |
| Source: Hong Kong Observatory [8] | |||||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Bulgan City Review
- ^ a b Bulgan Aimag Statistical Office: Annual Report 2008
- ^ Marion Wisotzki: Mongolei. Berlin 2010, S. 220
- ^ Michael Kohn: Mongolia. London 2008, S. 146.
- ^ Marion Wisotzki: Mongolei. Berlin 2010, S. 220
- ^ Marion Wisotzki: Mongolei. Berlin 2010, S. 221
- ^ Michael Kohn: Mongolia. London 2008, S. 146.
- ^ "Climatological Normals of Bulgan". Hong Kong SAR Government. http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/world/eng/asia/china/bulgan_e.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
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Coordinates: 48°48′43″N 103°32′01″E / 48.81194°N 103.53361°E
