Baganuur
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Baganuur District
Багануур дүүрэг ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷᠲᠡᠭᠦᠷᠭᠡ | |
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  Baganuur District | |
| Country | Mongolia |
| Municipality | Ulaanbaatar |
| Raion of Ulaanbaatar | 1980 |
| Reorganized as district | 1992 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Citizens' Representatives Khural of the Baganuur district |
| • Governor of District | S.Davaasüren |
| Area | |
• Total | 620.2 km2 (239.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,349 m (4,426 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 28,926 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (UTC + 8) |
| Area code | +976 (0) 21 |
| Website | http://bnd.ub.gov.mn/ |
Baganuur (Mongolian: Багануур, ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ, Little Lake) is one of nine düüregs (districts) of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into five khoroos (subdistricts).
Baganuur is a remote district and exclave covering 620 square kilometres (239 sq mi), situated on the border between Töv and Khentii aimags. Originally established as a Soviet military base for the 12th Motor Rifle Division, it later became the site of Mongolia’s largest open-pit coal mine. Baganuur is one of Mongolia's major industrial centers, particularly in coal production, and ranks among Mongolia’s ten largest cities. Efforts are ongoing to separate its administration from the capital and designate it as an independent city.
Baganuur is the endpoint of a side line of the Trans-Mongolian Railway, which connects to the main line in Bagakhangai. Due to high operation cost, Mongolian Railway had stopped passenger service on the Ulaanbaatar-Baganuur-Ulaanbaatar, although freight trains still normally transport coal to Ulaanbaatar and other neighbouring towns. Baganuur is also accessible via 138 km of paved road completed in 2004.
