Area code(s) +976 (0)138 Elevation 1,710 m Population 35,789 (2010) | Time zone UTC+8 License plate ХӨ (_ variable) Area 102.9 km² Local time Friday 1:32 AM | |
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Weather -8°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 77% Humidity |
Mörön (Mongolian: Мөрөн, lit. "river"; also spelled Murun) is the administrative center of Khövsgöl Aimag (province) in northern Mongolia. Before 1933, Khatgal had been the Aimag capital.
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Map of Murun, Mongolia
Although a poorly developed town, Mörön has a hospital, a museum, a theatre, a post office, several schools and kindergartens, like any other provincial capitals of Mongolia. Additionally, it was connected to the Mongolian central power grid in 2004. As a part of the present government's effort to connect all the aimag capitals with Ulaanbatar by paved road, the town has a paved road connecting to Mongolia's capital city Ulaanbaatar since December 2014.
History
The settlement stems from the Möröngiin Khuree monastery, which had been founded in 1809/11 on the banks of the Delgermörön river. By the beginning of the 20th century, the monastery had grown to a population of about 1300 lamas, but was destroyed in 1937. A small new monastery (Danzadarjaa Khiid) was erected on the western edge of the town in the 1990s.
Population
Most of inhabitants live in ger districts.
Airport
The Mörön Airport (ICAO: ZMMN, IATA: MXV) has two runways, one paved and one gravel. It is served by regular flights from and to Ulaanbaatar. Some flights to the western aimags may stop over.
Climate
Mörön experienced a subarctic climate with semi-arid influences based upon the 1961 to 1990 reference period resulting in long, very dry, frigid winters and short, warm summers. Just a 0.3 °C (0.5 °F) rise of May temperatures would render the climate to be semi-arid, since it is too dry to be considered humid continental. Given the mildness of northern latitudes in recent decades, the climate is likely to be semi-arid if newer averages were used.