Baruun-Urt is a town in eastern Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

 and the capital of Sükhbaatar Province. The town with its vicinities creates a sum (district) of Sükhbaatar Province. The Baruun-Urt sum area is 59 km², population 15,549, population density 265 per km² (2008). It forms an enclave within the surrounding Sükhbaatar

Sükhbaatar, Sükhbaatar

Sükhbaatar is a sum of Sükhbaatar Province in eastern Mongolia. The Tömörtiin Ovoo Zinc Mine is 40 km W from the sum center.Sükhbaatar Province capital Baruun-Urt is a small enclave at SW part of the Sükhbaatar sum, 50 km from the sum center....

 sum.

Tömörtiin Ovoo Zinc Mine

Tömörtiin Ovoo Zinc Mine

The Tömörtiin Ovoo Zinc Mine is a mining and dressing plant in the Sükhbaatar sum of Sükhbaatar Province in eastern Mongolia. This mine is 40 km W from the sum center and 13 km N from the province capital Baruun-Urt....

 lies about 13 km north of the town.

Population

Baruun-Urt city proper population

1959 est.	1969 census	1979 census	1989 census	1994 est.	2000 census	2006 est.	2008 est.
6,000	8,000	11,600	16,100	17,289	15,133	12,000	12,944

Transportation

The Baruun-Urt Airport

Baruun-Urt Airport

Baruun-Urt Airport is a public airport located in Baruun-Urt, the capital of Sükhbaatar Province in Mongolia....

 (UUN/ZMBU) has one unpaved runway and but no longer receives regular flights to Ulan Bator.

Climate

Baruun-Urt experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen

Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...

BSk) with long, very dry, frigid winters and short, very warm summers.