Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar, formerly anglicised as Ulan Bator (, , literally "Red Hero"), is the capital and largest city of Mongolia. The city is not part of any aimag (province), and its population was over 1.3 million, almost half of the country's total population. Located in north central Mongolia, the municipality lies at an elevation of about in a valley on the Tuul River. It is the country's cultural, industrial and financial heart, the centre of Mongolia's road network and connected by rail to both the Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia and the Chinese railway system.
New Ulaanbaatar International Airport
The New Ulaanbaatar International Airport is designed with a capacity of up to three million passengers per year, and has sufficient space for a possible future expansion, making it potentially capable of serving twelve million passengers yearly. It will also be equipped with a 24-hour all-weather air traffic control system. The average annual number of passengers is estimated to be around 2.5 million. In comparison, the current airport (Chinggis Khaan International Airport, the largest airport in Mongolia) serves about 900,000 passengers per year (2011 figures). Cargo capacity is set to increase 10-fold.