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Choijin Lama Temple Museum
A 1908 temple complex stranded among glass towers in central Ulaanbaatar, preserved as a museum of masks, thangkas and papier-mache tsam dance figures.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Ulan Bator
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · Asia
About Ulan Bator
Ulan Bator is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Dzuunmod, 42km from Gorkhi-Terelj National Park.
Ulan Bator is in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with about 840,000 people. The nearest town is Dzuunmod, about 23 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Ulan Bator: Choijin Lama Temple Museum (3 km), Gorkhi-Terelj National Park (42 km), Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue (50 km).
Where is Ulan Bator?
Ulan Bator is in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, about 23 km from Dzuunmod.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 844,818
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Mongolia
- Region
- Ulaanbaatar
- Timezone
- Asia/Ulaanbaatar
- Coordinates
- 47.9077, 106.8832
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Worth the detour from Ulan Bator
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
national park
Gorkhi-Terelj National Park
A vast alpine park near Ulaanbaatar with granite rock formations, nomadic ger camps, and the giant Genghis Khan statue.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue
Gleaming 40-metre stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan on horseback on the Mongolian steppe east of Ulaanbaatar.
50 km · about 55 min drive
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