Bor-Öndör, Khentii
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Bor-Öndör (Mongolian: Бор-Өндөр), also Bor-Undur, Bor-Ondor, Bor-Under, Boro-Under is a city (Mongolian: хот) in Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia, it is situated in Darkhan sum (district), but administrated separately.
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[edit] Geography
City is situated on 1300 m elevation close to the northern semi-desertal edge of Gobi Desert.
[edit] Population
City population was 6,406 (2001), in 2006 its population was 8,510 [1]. Bor-Öndör is the second most populous Khentii Province city after its capital Öndörkhaan.
[edit] Economy
Fluorspar mining and fluorspar concentrate production decides of the city economy. The underground mine, open pit and mineral processing plant (only in the country) are the "Mongolrostsvetmet" JV company property. All fluorspar products are exported to the Russian Federation, Ukraine etc. by the railway[2].
There are 39,218 heads of livestock in Bor-Öndör, but they don’t have enough pasture land.[1]
[edit] History
Fluorspar deposits were surveyed by Soviet geologists in 1950-th. Since 1973 exists Soviet-Mongolian (present Russian-Mongolian) company (51% belongs to Mongolian government, 49% - to Russian). The mine, open pit, mineral processing plant and conventional urban blocks were built by the Soviets. All production was exported to the Soviet Union.
[edit] Transportation
City has railway connection to the Ulan-Ude - Ulan Bator - Beijing (Trans-Mongolian Railway) line.
Unpaved roads connect Bor-Öndör with Darkhan sum centre (43 km) of Khentii Province and via Darkhan with Khentii Province capital Öndörkhaan (144 km). Also unpaved roads connect with Khajuu-Ulaan mining settlement (43 km) and Ikhkhet (65 km), Airag (65 km), Dalanjargalan (59 km) sums of Dornogovi Province. Via Airag is connection with road Ulan Bator (360 km) - Choir (165 km) - Sainshand (187 km) - Zamyn-Üüd (277 km), next to Beijing. This road has to be paved completely till the end of 2007.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Rural Poverty Reduction Programme: semi-annual report 2007[1]
- ^ Mongolrostsvetmet official site [2]
