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Also known as: Da Khure, Niislel Khureheh, Ulan Bator, Urga
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Ulan Bator
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Urga or Niislel Khureheh
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Ulaanbaatar, capital and largest city of Mongolia. It is situated on the Tuul River on a windswept plateau at an elevation of 4,430 feet (1,350 metres). The city originated as a seasonal migratory abode of the Mongolian princes and in 1639 finally attained permanence on the present site with the construction of Da Khure Monastery. This building became the residence of the bodgo-gegen, high priest of the Tibetan Buddhist religion (to which the Mongols adhere), and remained as such for about 200 years. Da Khure became known to the Russians as Urga and developed as a trade centre between China ...(100 of 277 words)

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