Located in the central part of the Mongolian Plateau, with a total area of 4,700 square kilometers and a permanent population of about 1.47 million (at the end of 20 19). [3] Nearly half of Mongolia's population lives here, mostly young people. The urban area flows through the Tours River, and the downtown area is sukhbaatar Square.
Ulaanbaatar is the political, economic, cultural, transportation, industrial and scientific center of Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar has a history of more than 300 years. Founded in 1639, it gradually settled near the present site, named "Kulun" and "Dakulun", which means "Great Temple" in Mongolian. 1924 After the founding of the People's Republic of Mongolia, it was changed to Ulaanbaatar, which was designated as the capital, meaning "Red Hero City". Ulaanbaatar is a modern international city with grassland characteristics. 20 18 in may, the 15th (20 18) ranking of Chinese and foreign summer tourism destinations was released, and Ulaanbaatar ranked 25th. On February 26th, 20 19, 19 ranked 354th in the list of top 500 global cities. In April 2020, it ranked 4 1 in the list of global summer cities in 2020.