Baruun-Urt
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Baruun-Urt District
Баруун-Урт сум ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨᠤᠷᠲᠤᠰᠤᠮᠤ | |
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 Sükhbaatar Square Statue in Baruun-Urt | |
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| 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.
