Baruun-Urt

Baruun-Urt District Баруун-Урт сум ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨᠤᠷᠲᠤᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
Sükhbaatar Square Statue in Baruun-Urt
Country	Mongolia
Province	Sükhbaatar Province
Elevation	981 m (3,219 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	18,190
Time zone	UTC+8 (UTC + 8)
Climate	BSk

Baruun-Urt (Mongolian: Баруун-Урт; ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠤᠷᠲᠤ, west-long) is a town in eastern Mongolia and the capital of Sükhbaatar Province. The town with its vicinities creates a sum (district) of Sükhbaatar Province. The Baruun-Urt sum area is 59 km², population 15,549, population density 265 per km² (2008). It forms an enclave within the surrounding Sükhbaatar sum.

Tömörtiin Ovoo Zinc Mine lies about 13 km north of the town.

Population

Baruun-Urt city proper population [1][2][3][4][5][6]

1959 est.	1969 census	1979 census	1989 census	1994 est.	2000 census	2006 est.	2008 est.
6,000	8,000	11,600	16,100	17,289	15,133	12,000	12,944

Transportation

The Baruun-Urt Airport (UUN/ZMBU) has paved runway and cars There is a charter flight connecting the city to the capital when there are passengers. Usually MIAT, Mongolian Airlines doesn't fly to remote provinces especially to Sukhbaatar province but other two local airlines sometimes do. Recently some small airlines which has up to 8 seats started flying to suburban areas.

Climate

Baruun-Urt experiences a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with long, very dry, frigid winters and short, very warm summers.

Climate data for Baruun-Urt, elevation 981 m (3,219 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1960–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	0.6 (33.1)	6.5 (43.7)	22.0 (71.6)	29.9 (85.8)	36.4 (97.5)	39.8 (103.6)	42.2 (108.0)	39.7 (103.5)	33.2 (91.8)	29.6 (85.3)	15.6 (60.1)	4.5 (40.1)	42.2 (108.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−15.7 (3.7)	−9.7 (14.5)	1.0 (33.8)	12.0 (53.6)	20.2 (68.4)	25.5 (77.9)	27.7 (81.9)	26.0 (78.8)	19.7 (67.5)	9.7 (49.5)	−3.4 (25.9)	−13.2 (8.2)	8.3 (47.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−21.0 (−5.8)	−16.0 (3.2)	−5.9 (21.4)	4.6 (40.3)	12.6 (54.7)	18.7 (65.7)	21.3 (70.3)	19.3 (66.7)	12.5 (54.5)	2.7 (36.9)	−9.4 (15.1)	−18.3 (−0.9)	1.8 (35.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−25.5 (−13.9)	−21.7 (−7.1)	−12.1 (10.2)	−2.4 (27.7)	5.4 (41.7)	12.4 (54.3)	15.6 (60.1)	13.1 (55.6)	5.9 (42.6)	−3.3 (26.1)	−14.6 (5.7)	−22.7 (−8.9)	−4.2 (24.5)
Record low °C (°F)	−39.7 (−39.5)	−38.0 (−36.4)	−31.1 (−24.0)	−18.9 (−2.0)	−10.3 (13.5)	0.0 (32.0)	4.0 (39.2)	0.0 (32.0)	−7.2 (19.0)	−23.0 (−9.4)	−31.3 (−24.3)	−36.4 (−33.5)	−39.7 (−39.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	1 (0.0)	2 (0.1)	2 (0.1)	4 (0.2)	16 (0.6)	39 (1.5)	52 (2.0)	42 (1.7)	16 (0.6)	3 (0.1)	3 (0.1)	2 (0.1)	182 (7.1)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.7	4.2	5.9	8.3	6.3	3.8	2.0	2.1	2.3	40.6
Average relative humidity (%)	78.9	74.5	59.1	42.6	42.4	52.1	60.1	58.9	54.1	55.0	67.3	77.9	60.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours	203.3	216.4	263.5	274.6	304.5	303.0	298.9	290.4	280.0	245.2	208.2	183.2	3,071.2
Mean daily sunshine hours	6.6	7.7	8.5	9.2	9.8	10.1	9.6	9.4	9.3	7.9	6.9	5.9	8.4
Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net [7]
Source 2: NOAA (sun, 1961-1990),[8][9] Deutscher Wetterdienst (daily sun 1961-1990)[10]

References

1. National Statistical Office Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
2. National Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981
3. GeoHive: Global Statistics Archived 2013-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Population Statistics: historical demography". Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
5. "Timeline: A Brief History of Mongolia" (PDF). www.reliefweb.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
6. Sukhbaatar Aimag Statistical Office 2008 Annual Report Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
7. КЛИМАТ БАРУУН-УРТА (in Russian). Pogoda.ru.net. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
8. "Baruun-Urt Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
9. "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
10. "Klimatafel von Baruun-Urt (Barun-Urt) / Mongolei" (PDF). Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. Retrieved September 17, 2016.

46°40′53″N 113°16′49″E