Nalaikh
Nalaikh District
Налайх дүүрэг ᠨᠠᠯᠠᠶᠢᠬᠤᠲᠡᠭᠦᠷᠭᠡ | |
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| Coordinates: 47°46′21″N 107°15′13″E / 47.77250°N 107.25361°E | |
| Country | Mongolia |
| Municipality | Ulaanbaatar |
| Settlement founded | 1922[1] |
| City status | 1962 |
| Raion status | 1965 |
| Reorganized as district | 1992 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Citizens' Representatives Khural of the Ulaanbaatar city |
| • Governor of District | D.Nayanbayar |
| Area | |
• Total | 687.6 km2 (265.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,459 m (4,787 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 39,579 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (UTC + 8) |
| Area code | +976 (0) 23 |
| Vehicle registration | НА_ (_ variable) |
| Website | Official website |
Nalaikh (Mongolian: Налайх [naɮɛ́χ]) is one of nine districts of Ulaanbaatar. It has an area of 68,700 hectares and a population of 39,579 in 2022[2] (26,529 in 2005). A former coal-mining town, it consists of Shokhoi, Arjanchivlan, the Terelj holiday center, and other residential areas, as well as a former Soviet military cantonment, including an airfield.[3]
Nalaikh is linked to Ulaanbaatar by a 43-kilometer narrow-gauge railway line, built in July 1938. The line had three stations (Nalaikh; Amgalan, a Ulaanbaatar suburb; and Kombinat, the city's industrial combine) and operated 14 steam locomotives, 16 passenger carriages, 70 goods wagons, 10 platform wagons, and nine fuel tank wagons. Nalaikh now has a broad-gauge branch line (via Khonkhor) to the Trans-Mongolian Railway. The Kapitalnaya shaft went into operation in 1951, and at full capacity produced 600,000 metric tons of coal a year. Nalaikh gained city status in 1961, but later became a raion of Ulaanbaatar in 1965.[4] It was later established as a district of Ulaanbaatar following the 1992 reorganization of administrative divisions in Mongolia. Since the closure of the coal mine in the 1990s, the district has had a high rate of unemployment.[3]
Administrative divisions
[edit]The district consists of 8 khoroos and 50 khesegs.[5]
Infrastructure
[edit]Tourist attractions
[edit]Notable people
[edit]- Kyokutenho Masaru – sumo wrestler[citation needed]
- Puntsagiin Sükhbat
References
[edit]- ^ "HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NALAIH DISTRICT". Official website of Nalaikh district (in Mongolian). Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "Статистик үзүүлэлт".
- ^ a b Sanders, Alan J. K. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Mongolia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810861916.
- ^ "БҮГД НАЙРАМДАХ МОНГОЛ АРД УЛСЫН АРДЫН ИХ ХУРЛЫН ТЭРГҮҮЛЭГЧДИЙН ЗАРЛИГ" (PDF). ub.gov.mn (in Mongolian). Улаанбаатар хот: БНМАУ Ардын Их Хурлын Тэргүүлэгчид. 1965-12-09. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Nalaikh District: Rapid Assessment on Population, Migration and Needs" (PDF). DTM IOM Placement Tracking Matrix. September 2022 – February 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
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