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Erdenet was founded in 1974 in an area where large deposits of copper had been discovered in the 1950s.

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Erdenet

Mongolia

Country
Mongolia
Population
104.5K
Coordinates
49.03, 104.07
1051st most populous city in the world

Erdenet is the second-largest city in Mongolia and the provincial capital of Orkhon. Located in northern Mongolia, it lies in a valley between the Selenge and Orkhon rivers about 240 km (149 mi) northwest of the national capital Ulaanbaatar and Darkhan.

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