Mörön

Coordinates: 49°38′08″N 100°09′20″E / 49.63556°N 100.15556°E / 49.63556; 100.15556
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Mörön
Мөрөн
ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ
Mörön District
Мөрөн сум
ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨᠰᠤᠮᠤ
Mörön from south, July 2008
Mörön from south, July 2008
Mörön is located in Mongolia
Mörön
Mörön
Location in Mongolia
Coordinates: 49°38′08″N 100°09′20″E / 49.63556°N 100.15556°E / 49.63556; 100.15556
Country Mongolia
ProvinceKhövsgöl
Settled1809
Area
 • District102.9 km2 (39.7 sq mi)
 • Urban
16.04 km2 (6.19 sq mi)
Elevation
1,710 m (5,610 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • District39,404
 • Density380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8
Postal code
210 xxx
Area code+976 (0)138
License plateХӨ (_ variable)

Mörön (Mongolian: Мөрөн;ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ, lit.'river'), also spelled Murun, is the administrative center of Khövsgöl Aimag (province) in northern Mongolia. Before 1933, Khatgal had been the aimag capital.

It has 12,286 families and a population of 46,918, and is considered a major city such as Ulaanbaatar, Darhan, Erdenet and Choibalsan. In terms of administrative units, it is divided into 14 khoroo and covers approximately 102.9 km2. Demographics are split as 51.58% females to 48.42% males. 41.25% of the population is aged between 15 and 39.

Although a poorly developed town, Mörön has a hospital, a museum, a theatre, a post office, nine schools and fifteen kindergartens. It was connected to the Mongolian central power grid in 2004. The town has had a paved road connecting it to Mongolia's capital city Ulaanbaatar since December 2014, as a part of a government effort to extend paved roads from Ulaanbaatar to all Aimag capitals.[1]

History

The settlement stems from the Möröngiin Khuree monastery, which had been founded in 1809/11 on the banks of the

Delgermörön
river. By the beginning of the 20th century, the monastery had grown to a population of about 1300 lamas but was destroyed in 1937. A small new monastery (Danzadarjaa Khiid) was erected on the western edge of the town in the 1990s.

Population

In the western part of Mörön
Mörön population[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
1959
est.
1969
census
1979
census
1989
census
1994
est.
2000
census
2005
est.
2007
est.
2010
census
9,000 11,200 16,500 21,300 27,230 28,147 35,872 36,082 35,789

Most of the inhabitants live in ger districts.

Education

Mörön has 27 organizations that are working as educational institutions. There are eight national, one private high schools, thirteen national, four private kindergartens, one vocational training center, and the university. As of 2020, there were a total of 14,865 students in the city. The first school of the local was established in 1923 under the name "Suhiin tenhim". In 2000 it was renamed "Delgermurun" and remains in use until now. The two main institutions are the "Delgermurun" and "Erdmiin Dalai". "Erdmiin Dalai" that is one of the top 10 national school in Mongolia was founded in 1962 with the name "Erdem".

Airport

Since 1957, the

IATA: MXV) has two runways, one paved 2,400m long by 42m wide, and one gravel 2,000m long. It is served by regular flights from and to Ulaanbaatar
. Some flights to the western Aimags may stop over. It is a first class capacity of 150 passengers per hour.

Climate

Mörön experienced a

Köppen BSk) with a subarctic temperature regime (Dwc) based upon the 1961 to 1990 reference period resulting in long, very dry, frigid winters and short, warm summers. Just a 0.3 °C (0.5 °F) rise of May temperatures would render the climate to have a warm-summer continental
temperature profile (Dwb), and given the mildness of northern latitudes in recent decades, the regime is likely to be so if newer averages were used.

Climate data for Mörön (1991-2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 4.5
(40.1)
10.7
(51.3)
18.7
(65.7)
28.9
(84.0)
32.5
(90.5)
35.4
(95.7)
37.4
(99.3)
36.9
(98.4)
31.8
(89.2)
23.6
(74.5)
13.4
(56.1)
9.6
(49.3)
37.4
(99.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −22.3
(−8.1)
−16.3
(2.7)
−5.7
(21.7)
3.9
(39.0)
10.8
(51.4)
16.7
(62.1)
18.6
(65.5)
16.2
(61.2)
9.5
(49.1)
0.7
(33.3)
−9.8
(14.4)
−18.4
(−1.1)
0.3
(32.5)
Record low °C (°F) −47.2
(−53.0)
−44.3
(−47.7)
−36.1
(−33.0)
−22.3
(−8.1)
−15.0
(5.0)
−5.9
(21.4)
1.4
(34.5)
−3.0
(26.6)
−12.7
(9.1)
−27.3
(−17.1)
−37.9
(−36.2)
−45.8
(−50.4)
−47.2
(−53.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.5
(0.06)
1.3
(0.05)
1.7
(0.07)
8.0
(0.31)
17.4
(0.69)
43.9
(1.73)
75.3
(2.96)
58.0
(2.28)
20.5
(0.81)
7.2
(0.28)
2.9
(0.11)
3.3
(0.13)
241.1
(9.49)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 1.4 1.2 1.2 2.3 3.1 7.4 10.4 8.6 3.9 2.1 1.9 1.5 45.1
Average
relative humidity
(%)
73.5 69.3 61.6 47.5 46.3 55.9 60.1 58.0 53.9 55.0 64.5 71.1 59.7
Mean monthly sunshine hours 155.4 191.7 261.9 267.3 307.8 300.1 291.5 281.0 256.3 228.6 157.9 129.9 2,829.6
Source 1:
NOAA[9]
Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)[10]

Notable buildings

  • Airport
    Airport
  • Gelenkhüü Memorial in front of the airport
    Gelenkhüü Memorial in front of the airport
  • Central Square with Chingunjav Memorial
    Central Square with
    Chingunjav
    Memorial
  • Museum
    Museum
  • Town Hall
    Town Hall
  • Post Office
    Post Office
  • Danzadardscha Khiid Monastery
    Danzadardscha Khiid Monastery
  • Buddha statue at the monastery
    Buddha statue at the monastery
  • Wrestlers' Stadium
    Wrestlers' Stadium
  • Wrestlers' Memorial
    Wrestlers' Memorial

Museum

The first department to explore the local area was established in 1949 in order to have historical and ethnographic exhibits. As a result of the collection of antique books and geological samples, the first building foundations were laid to explore the local area. In 1967, it eventually became a museum to research the local area and grew the collection to include approximately 1000 exhibits and artifacts. In 1987, a zoo was constructed and opened its doors next to the museum. The zoo showed people wild animals, birds, and local breeds of livestock. In 2010, the museum was reorganized and currently

Khalkha prince ruler of the Khotogoid
among other historical and ethnographic artifacts.

References

  1. ^ "Ulaanbaatar Murun Paved Road Complete". Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  2. ^ National Statistical Office Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ National Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981
  4. ^ GeoHive: Global Statistics Archived 2013-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Population Statistics: historical demography". Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
  6. ^ M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli, Ulaanbaatar 2001, passim
  7. ^ Rural Poverty Reduction Programme: official site Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Khövsgöl Aimag Statistical Yearbook 2007[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  10. ^ "Station Mörön" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  11. ^ Michael Kohn: Mongolia, p. 150. London 2008.
  12. ^ Michael Kohn: Mongolia, p. 163. London 2008.
  13. ^ Marion Wisotzki: Mongolei, p. 232. Berlin 2010.

External links

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