Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
7035, 7039, 01352, 01392 / POP 83,379
Erdenet is a busy working city that revolves around the large copper mine, which em-
ploys about 8000 people and is the lifeblood of the city.
Up to one-third of the population of Erdenet was Russian during communist times,
though now only about 1000 Russians still work as technical advisers at the mine. You'll
hear plenty of Russian on the streets and will find restaurant menus featuring
pirozhki
(meat-filled fried pastries) rather than
buuz
(steamed mutton dumplings).
Erdenet is a good place to enjoy the above-average crop of hotels and restaurants be-
fore heading to wilder parts of the region. Technically the city is within the tiny municip-
ality of Orkhon, on the eastern edge of Bulgan.
Erdenet
Sights
1
Buddha statue
D1
2
Friendship Monument
C1
3
Marx Mural
C1
