Erdenet

Erdenet ( literally "gem), is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Mongolie an the caipital o the aimag (province) o Orkhon.

Locatit in the northren pairt o the kintra, it lies in a valley atween the Selenge an Orkhon rivers aboot 150 miles (240 km) (as the crow flies) northwast o Ulan Bator, the caipital. The road lenth atween Ulan Bator an Erdenet is aboot 230 miles (371 km).

 Population 
+ Erdenet population National Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981Mongolia City Development Strategies for Secondary Cities 1975  est. 1979  census 1981  est. 1985  est. 1989  census 1994  est. 2000  census 2003  est. 2004  est. 2005  est. 2006  est. 2007  est. 2008  est.4,10031,90038,70045,40056,10063,00068,31078,88280,85881,24983,16085,12186,866

 History 
Erdenet, ane o the youngest settlements in Mongolie, wis foondit in 1974Michael Kohn: Mongolia, p. 142, London 2008 in an aurie whaur lairge deposits o copper haed been discovered in the 1950s. A single-track railwey line wi a lenth o 75 mile (120 km) linkin Erdenet tae the Transmongolian Railway wis inauguratit in 1977Werner Elstner: Mongolei, p. 146, Berlin 1993. In the middle o the 1980s, mair nor 50% o the indwallers wur Roushies wirkin as ingineers or miners. Efter the faw o communism in 1990, housomeivver, maist o them left Erdenet. The day aboot 10% are Roushies. A comparatively heich percentage o indwallers jynt the Kirk o Jesus Christ o Latter Day Saunts who biggit a kirk in the wastren pairt o the ceety .

 Views on Erdenet 

 Erdenet Mining Corporation 
Erdenet mines 22.23 million tons o ore per year, producin 126,700 tons o copper an 1954 tons o molybdenum.Montsame News Agency.  Mongolia.  2006, Foreign Service Office of Montsame News Agency, ISBN 9992906278, p. 80  The mine accoonts for 13.5% o Mongolie's GDP an 7% o tax revenue.Montsame News Agency.  Mongolia.  2006, Foreign Service Office of Montsame News Agency, ISBN 9992906278, p. 83

 Sister ceeties 
Erdenet is twinned wi:
 Ceety Region Kintra Fairbanks  Alaska  Unitit States Ulan-Ude  Buryatie  Roushie Székesfehérvár 20px Fejér Coonty 

 References 

 Freemit airtins 

 Wikitravel's Erdenet travel guide
 Erdenet Mining Corporation

Category:Destricts o Orkhon (province)
Category:Populatit places established in 1975
Category:Copper mines in Mongolie
Category:Aimag centres