[Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia] – On December 1, 2023, UNESCO joined the government and people of Ulaanbaatar in celebrating the city’s new membership in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) as a City of ...

A woman wears a face mask in the part of the city near neighbourhoods known for burning coal for heating in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, January 26, 2017.

Ulaanbaatar is one of the most polluted capital cities in the world and also densely populated - it’s home to half of Mongolia’s three million population.

The city’s topography worsens the problem. Located in a basin surrounded by mountains, Ulaanbaatar suffers from the trapping of emissions from power plants, vehicles and household stoves beneath ...

The capital city's name, Ulaanbaatar, meaning "Red Hero," was adopted in 1924 to mark the beginning of Mongolia's Soviet-style communist era. The city was designed to accommodate 600,000 people.

But for the nearly 1.5 million residents of the capital, Ulan Bator, the misery of winter is now defined almost singularly by the smoke rising out of the city’s chimneys.

These supply-side policies have been hampered by implementation challenges given that Ulaanbaatar still hosts 45 percent of the city’s population (as of 2019), compared to just 26 percent in the ...

In Ulan Bator, the capital, respiratory infections have increased at a rate of 270% over the last 10 years and children living in the city have a 40% lower lung function than those living in rural ...

Given below is the distance between Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and New York City, United States.A map showing location of Ulaanbaatar and New York City with air travel direction is also provided. Along ...

Given below is the distance between Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Mexico City, Mexico.A map showing location of Ulaanbaatar and Mexico City with air travel direction is also provided. Along with Mexico ...