Ulaanbaatar City

Ulaanbaatar is the capital and largest city of Mongolia. The city is not part of any aimag (province), and its population as of 2014 was over 1.3 million, almost half of the country's total population. Located in north central Mongolia, the municipality lies at an elevation of about 1,300 meters (4,300 ft) in a valley on the Tuul River. It is the country's cultural, industrial and financial heart, the center of Mongolia's road network and connected by rail to both the Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia and the Chinese railway system.

The city was founded in 1639 as a nomadic Buddhist monastic center. It settled permanently at its present location, the junction of the Tuul and Selbe rivers, in 1778. Prior to that occasion it changed location twenty-eight times, each new location being chosen ceremonially. In the twentieth century, Ulaanbaatar grew into a major manufacturing center. Ulaanbaatar is a member of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21. The city's official website lists Moscow, Hohhot, Seoul, Sapporo and Denver as sister cities.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulaanbaatar

Received on 10th of January 2019. Thanks to dear friend aka Baby Big from Inner Mongolia whom sent the post card with the help of his friend who was visiting Mongolia. The backside of the card contains three beautiful stamps depicting Mongolian culture and people in the traditional clothing. An inward post mark of International Mail Office Islamabad's postmark, dated 9th of January, 2019 is also visible.