A big statue representing a worker with big boots and an orange helmet screwed on the head welcomes all the travelers who disembark here by the road from Ulan-Bator. It only needs 80,000 inhabitants to be the third largest agglomeration in Mongolia. At 219 km from Ulaanbaatar, Darkhan is located in the middle of the Selengeaimag, without belonging to it. The city has its own autonomy. The city is divided into three parts by hills: the old Darkhan, the new Darkhan and the new industrial zone. Considered as a modern city by most Mongolians who know it, Darkhan is perceived as very pleasant. In the eyes of the visitor, it will certainly lack interest, and it is not the recently built towers of more than 15 floors - and which make the local pride - which will give it some. Formerly an industrial city (for coal in particular), Darkhan quickly fell apart once the Russians left. Branches of the University of Ulaanbaatar settled there, not without animating the city today.Darkhan will be a first stop for those who want to go further west or who want to reach the beautiful monastery of Amarbayasgalant. In summer, it is easy to find a jeep to go there (count 3 hours of track).

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Monastère d'Amarbayasgalant. Eric Martin - Iconotec

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