Urga

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Urga is the historical name of Mongolia’s capital city, now known as Ulaanbaatar.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Urga canonical 2
Niislel Khüree 1
Urgoo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former name of city
historical city name
alternativeName Niislel Khüree
surface form: Ikh Khüree

Niislel Khüree
Urga
surface form: Urgoo

Örgöö
associatedWith Bogd Khan
Bogd Khan
surface form: Jebtsundamba Khutuktu
capitalOf Bogd Khanate of Mongolia
Bogd Khanate of Mongolia
surface form: Outer Mongolia
country Mongolia
currentNameLanguageForm Ulaanbaatar
surface form: Ulaanbaatar (Mongolian)
formerAdministrativeStatus capital city
function seat of the Bogd Khan
geographicContinuityWith Ulaanbaatar
historicalPeriod Bogd Khanate of Mongolia
Qing dynasty
surface form: Qing dynasty era
historicalRole commercial center of Mongolia
political center of Mongolia
religious center of Mongolia
historicalSignificance center of Mongolian Buddhism
key node on caravan trade routes
languageOfName Mongolian
locatedIn Central Asia
Mongolia
namedAfter residence of the Jebtsundamba Khutuktu
notableFor Buddhist monasteries
mobile monastic city origins
onRiver Tuul River
partOf Mongolia
surface form: Outer Mongolia
presentName Ulaanbaatar
region Khentii Province
surface form: Khentii Mountains region
religion Tibetan Buddhism
replacedByName Ulaanbaatar
role capital of Mongolia
status defunct toponym
successor Ulaanbaatar
toponymType exonym
historical toponym
usedBy European travelers
Qing dynasty
surface form: Qing Empire

Russian Empire
usedNameUntil early 20th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ulaanbaatar formerName Urga
Ulaanbaatar formerName Urga
this entity surface form: Niislel Khüree
Urga alternativeName Urga
this entity surface form: Urgoo
Bogd Khan deathPlace Urga