Kharkhorin

Kharkhorin is a city sum (district) center in the Uvurkhangai Province in Mongolia. Kharkhorin city area is  20,5 km quadrate.  

Kharkhorin is located at the lower end of the upper valley of the Orkhon river part of the World Heritage Site Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape.The location marks the eastern foothills of the of the Khangai Mountains, where day meet the rolling steppe of central Mongolia.

Nearby are the ruins of the ancient town of Kharkhorin which for a short time served  as the capital of the Mongol Empire under Ugudei Khan. Another landmark is the Erdene zuu Monastery.

The main sources of income to Kharkhorin are tourism and agriculture. Water from the Orkhon river serves to irrigate the crops on the large plain east of the town. The Kharkhorin air port ( KHR/ZMHH) has one unpaved runway and is served by regular flights from and to Ulaanbaatar.