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Capital Mongolia, in 36 editions.

The entry for Mongolia published Capital in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 11 editions. Each is shown as published. Capital in every entry.

editions changed the text
11
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Capital” (1990 to 2025) and “National capital” (1997 to 1998).

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name:
Ulaanbaatar
geographic coordinates:
47 55 N, 106 55 E
time difference:
UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time:
+1hr, begins last Saturday in March; ends last Saturday in September
time zone note:
Mongolia has two time zones - Ulaanbaatar Time (8 hours in advance of UTC) and Hovd Time (7 hours in advance of UTC)
etymology:
the name means "red hero" in Mongolian and honors national hero Damdin SUKHBAATAR, leader of the partisan army that, with Soviet help, liberated Mongolia from Chinese occupation in the early 1920s

name: Ulaanbaatar
geographic coordinates: 47 55 N, 106 55 E
time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Saturday in March; ends last Saturday in September
time zone note: Mongolia has two time zones - Ulaanbaatar Time (8 hours in advance of UTC) and Hovd Time (7 hours in advance of UTC)
etymology: the name means "red hero" in Mongolian and honors national hero Damdin SUKHBAATAR, leader of the partisan army that that, with Soviet Red Army help, liberated Mongolia from Chinese occupation in the early 1920s

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Mongolia: Capital.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/mongolia/capital.

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