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Coat of Arms of Erdenet

Erdenet (Template:Lang-mn) is the second-largest city in Mongolia and the capital of the aimag (province) of Orkhon.

Located in the northern part of the country, it lies in a valley between the Selenge and Orhon rivers about 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Ulaanbaatar, the capital.

The city was built in 1975 to exploit Asia's largest deposit of copper ore and has the fourth largest copper mine in the world. The "Erdenet Concern" is a joint Mongolian-Russian venture, and accounts for a majority of Mongolia's hard currency income.

Population

Erdenet population [1] [2][3] [4][5]
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census
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census
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census
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4,100 31,900 38,700 45,400 56,100 63,000 68,310 78,882 83,160

References

  1. ^ National Statistical Office[1]
  2. ^ National Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981
  3. ^ , GeoHive: Global Statistics, [2]
  4. ^ Population Statistics: historical demography [3]
  5. ^ Mongolia City Development Strategies for Secondary Cities [4]

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