Baruun-Urt

Baruun-Urt District Баруун-Урт сум ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨᠤᠷᠲᠤᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
Sükhbaatar Square Statue in Baruun-Urt
Country	Mongolia
Province	Sükhbaatar Province
Elevation	981 m (3,219 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	18,190
Time zone	UTC+8 (UTC + 8)
Climate	BSk

Baruun-Urt (Mongolian: Баруун-Урт; ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠤᠷᠲᠤ, west-long) is a town in eastern Mongolia and the capital of Sükhbaatar Province. The town with its vicinities creates a sum (district) of Sükhbaatar Province. The Baruun-Urt sum area is 59 km², population 15,549, population density 265 per km² (2008). It forms an enclave within the surrounding Sükhbaatar sum.

Tömörtiin Ovoo Zinc Mine lies about 13 km north of the town.