Erdenet

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Erdenet (Эрдэнэт)
City
Coat of Arms
Name origin: Mongolian: Эрдэнэ, erdene = stone
Country	Mongolia
Aimag	Orkhon
Coordinates	49°01′40″N 104°02′40″E / 49.02778, 104.04444
Population	83,160 (2006)
Founded	1975
Timezone	UTC+8
Area code	+976 (0)135
License plate	OP_ ( _ variable)
Location of Erdenet in Mongolia

Erdenet (Mongolian: Эрдэнэт) is the second-largest city in Mongolia and the capital of the aimag (province) of Orkhon.

Located in the northern part of the country, it lies in a valley between the Selenge and Orkhon rivers about 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Ulan Bator, the capital.

The city was built in 1975 to exploit Asia's largest deposit of copper ore and has the fourth largest copper mine in the world. The "Erdenet Combine" is a joint Mongolian-Russian venture, and accounts for a majority of Mongolia's hard currency income.

[edit] Population

Erdenet population ^{[1] [2][3] [4][5]}

1975 est.	1979 census	1981 est.	1985 est.	1989 census	1994 est.	2000 census	2003 est.	2006 est.
4,100	31,900	38,700	45,400	56,100	63,000	68,310	78,882	83,160

[edit] References

1. ^ National Statistical Office[1]
2. ^ National Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981
3. ^ , GeoHive: Global Statistics, [2]
4. ^ Population Statistics: historical demography [3]
5. ^ Mongolia City Development Strategies for Secondary Cities [4]