Erdenet
| Erdenet Чойр |
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| — Ceety — | |
| Ceety o Erdenet | |
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  Erdenet
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| Coordinates: 49°01′40″N 104°02′40″E / 49.02778°N 104.04444°E | |
| Kintra |  Mongolie |
| Province | Orkhon |
| Sum | Bayan-Öndör |
| Indwallers (2008) | |
| - Tot | 86,866 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 |
Erdenet (Mongolian: Эрдэнэт 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).
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Population [edit]
| 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. |
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| 4,100 | 31,900 | 38,700 | 45,400 | 56,100 | 63,000 | 68,310 | 78,882 | 80,858 | 81,249 | 83,160 | 85,121 | 86,866 |
History [edit]
Erdenet, ane o the youngest settlements in Mongolie, wis foondit in 1974[7] in an aurie where lairge deposits o copper haed been discovered in the 1950s. A single-track railway line wi a length o 75 miles (120 km) linkin Erdenet tae the Transmongolian Railway wis inauguratit in 1977[8]. In the middle o the 1980s, mair than 50% o the inhabitants 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 inhabitants joined the Kirk o Jesus Christ o Latter Day Saunts who built a kirk in the wastren pairt o the ceety[9] .
Views on Erdenet [edit]
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The "Fraternity Monument" in Erdenet
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Erdenet Mining Corporation [edit]
Erdenet mines 22.23 million tons o ore per year, producin 126,700 tons o copper an 1954 tons o molybdenum.[10] The mine accoonts for 13.5% o Mongolie's GDP an 7% o tax revenue.[11]
Sister ceeties [edit]
Erdenet is twinned wi:[12]
| Ceety | Region | Kintra |
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| Fairbanks |  Alaska |
 Unitit States |
| Ulan-Ude |  Buryatie |
 Roushie |
| Székesfehérvár |  Fejér Coonty |
 Hungary |
References [edit]
- ↑ National Statistical Office
- ↑ National Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981
- ↑ , GeoHive: Global Statistics
- ↑ Population Statistics: historical demography
- ↑ Mongolia City Development Strategies for Secondary Cities
- ↑ Statistical Report 2008
- ↑ Michael Kohn: Mongolia, p. 142, London 2008
- ↑ Werner Elstner: Mongolei, p. 146, Berlin 1993
- ↑ Michael Kohn: Mongolia, p. 142, London 2008
- ↑ Montsame News Agency. Mongolia. 2006, Foreign Service Office of Montsame News Agency, ISBN 9992906278, p. 80
- ↑ Montsame News Agency. Mongolia. 2006, Foreign Service Office of Montsame News Agency, ISBN 9992906278, p. 83
- ↑ Chris Freiberg (2008-03-30). Sister-city program brings Mongolian delegation to Fairbanks. newsminer.com. Retrieved on 9 Januar 2010. .
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