Choibalsan (city)

History

The location has been a post on a trading route for centuries. In the 19th century it grew into a city, and became the economic hub of eastern Mongolia in the twentieth century and is still serving as an active economic center for Eastern Mongolia.

Due to the city's proximity to the site of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, it contains a museum dedicated to Georgy Zhukov, hero of the battle.

Population

The city of Choibalsan has a population of 45,490 (1994), 41,714 (2000), 36,142 (2003), 39,500 (2006), 39,500 (2007, 53.2% of the Dornod Aimag's total population), 38,150 (2008 51.2% of the Aimag's population) and 38,537 (2025).

Choibalsan is inhabited primarily by Halh Mongols, with smaller numbers of Buryats, Barga Mongols, and Üzemchin.

Climate

Choibalsan experiences a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with frigid, very dry winters and warm, wetter summers. In terms of temperatures it resembles a humid continental climate (Dwb), but falls short of that classification due to the very dry winters. Extreme temperatures range from a minimum of -41.1 °C to a maximum of 41.9 °C , recorded in August 2016.

|Jan record high C = 1.1 |Feb record high C = 8.6 |Mar record high C = 22.6 |Apr record high C = 31.5 |May record high C = 36.4 |Jun record high C = 41.2 |Jul record high C = 41.5 |Aug record high C = 41.9 |Sep record high C = 35.1 |Oct record high C = 30.0 |Nov record high C = 16.5 |Dec record high C = 5.4 |Jan record low C = −41.1 |Feb record low C = -39.6 |Mar record low C = −36.1 |Apr record low C = -17.2 |May record low C = -8.9 |Jun record low C = -0.5 |Jul record low C = 4.4 |Aug record low C = 0.3 |Sep record low C = -7.2 |Oct record low C = -21.0 |Nov record low C = −29.4 |Dec record low C = −37.2 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200711035912/ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/MO/44259.TXT |archive-date = 2020-07-11 |url-status = dead | access-date = 2 August 2023}} Deutscher Wetterdienst (daily sun 1961-1990) | access-date = September 17, 2016}}

Infrastructure

• Choibalsan Thermal Power Plant

Tourist attractions

• Central Library of Dornod Province

Transportation

The Choibalsan Airport (COQ/ZMCD) has one paved runway, and is served by regular flights to Ulaanbaatar, and Hailar and Manzhouli in Inner Mongolia, China.

There is a railway line (unconnected to the rest of the Mongolian rail network) that connects Choibalsan to the Trans-Siberian Railway (the original routing) in Borzya, Russia; although there are no passenger service across the border: passenger trains from Choibalsan terminate in Chuluunkhoroot (Ereentsav).

References

References

2. "Өнөөдөр Маршал Х.Чойбалсангийн мэндэлсэн өдөр тохиож байна".
3. link. (2012-02-07 ''(Statistical information)'', 2007-01-16)
4. "Dornod Aimag Statistics Office".
5. [http://www.statis.mn/portal/content_files/comppmedia/cdoc0x419.doc Dornod Aimag Statistics Office.Dec. 2008 Report] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-22)
6. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120118101838/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mongolia/eastern-mongolia/choibalsan/transport/getting-there-away Lonely Planet Mongolia: Choibalsan transport (archived version 18 Jan 2012)]