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Ulaanbaatar
[edit]Economy
[edit]As the main industrial center of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar produces a variety of consumer goods [1] and is responsible for about two-thirds of Mongolia's total gross domestic product (GDP). [2] The transition into a market economy in 1990, which has lead to a shift towards service industries making up 43% of the city's GDP, along with rapid urbanization and population growth has so far correlated with an increase in GDP. [3]
Mining makes up the second largest contributor to Ulaanbaatar's GDP at 25%. North of the city are several gold mines, including the Boroo Gold Mine, and foreign investment in the sector has allowed for growth and development. However, in light of a noticeable drop in GDP during the Financial Crisis of 2008 as demand for mining exports dropped, [3] there has been movement towards diversifying the economy. [2]
Transportation stuff
[edit][so the sentence before this is all "Chinggis Khaan is the only airport to offer international flights"... so a lot could be said about NUBIA]
[Currently blah blah Chinggis Khaan]. However, in order to serve projected passenger numbers the New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (NUBIA) is being constructed to the south of the city with plans to replace the Chinggis Khaan. [4]
Existing plans to improve transportation include several major road projects such as a 1000 km long highway to link Ulaanbaatar to the regions of Altanbulag and Zamyn Uud,[5] plans to upgrade existing regional airports and roadways, and Mongolian Railway projects that will connect cities and mines. [6]
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- ^ "Ulaanbaatar". www.encyclopedia.com. The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- ^ a b Economic Development in Mongolia. The Asia Foundation. Available from <https://asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/economicdevelopmentmongolia.pdf> Accessed 13 November 2016.
- ^ a b Fan, Peilei; Chen, Jiquan; John, Ranjeet (2016-01-01). "Urbanization and environmental change during the economic transition on the Mongolian Plateau: Hohhot and Ulaanbaatar". Environmental Research. The Provision of Ecosystem Services in Response to Global Change. 144, Part B: 96–112. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2015.09.020.
- ^ "New Ulaanbaatar International Airport". Airport Technology. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
- ^ "Roads Week on WCN: Some of the key current global road projects - World Construction Network". www.worldconstructionnetwork.com. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
- ^ (http://www.hydrant.co.uk), Site designed and built by Hydrant (2015-05-19). "Major rail projects in Mongolia showing significant progress". Oxford Business Group. Retrieved 2016-11-14.