Mörön
Mörön
Мөрөн ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ | |
|---|---|
| Mörön District Мөрөн сум ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨᠰᠤᠮᠤ | |
Mörön from south, July 2008 | |
| Coordinates: 49°38′08″N 100°09′20″E / 49.63556°N 100.15556°E | |
| Country | Mongolia |
| Province | Khövsgöl |
| Settled | 1809 |
| Area | |
| 102.9 km2 (39.7 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 16.04 km2 (6.19 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,710 m (5,610 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| 39,404 | |
| • Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 |
| Postal code | 210 xxx |
| Area code | +976 (0)138 |
| License plate | ХӨ (_ variable) |
Mörön (Mongolian: Мөрөн ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ [mɵ́rʉɴ]; lit. 'River') is the administrative center of Khövsgöl, Mongolia. Before 1933, Khatgal had been the aimag capital.
It has 12,286 families and a population of 46,918, and is considered a major city such as Ulaanbaatar, Darhan, Erdenet and Choibalsan. In terms of administrative units, it is divided into 14 khoroo and covers approximately 102.9 km2. Demographics are split as 51.58% females to 48.42% males. 41.25% of the population is aged between 15 and 39.
Although a poorly developed town, Mörön has a hospital, a museum, a theatre, a post office, nine schools and fifteen kindergartens. It was connected to the Mongolian central power grid in 2004. The town has had a paved road connecting it to Mongolia's capital city Ulaanbaatar since December 2014, as a part of a government effort to extend paved roads from Ulaanbaatar to all Aimag capitals.