Altai

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Introducing Altai

Nestled between the mountains of Khasagt Khairkhan Uul (3579m) and Jargalant Uul (3070m), the aimag capital is a pleasant tree-lined place, with friendly locals. It’s a poor city but as it’s a long way to anywhere else you’ll definitely need to stop for a short while to refuel and plot your course to the next aimag or the national parks to the south.

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Last updated: Sep 26, 2008

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    News - MIAT now offering domestic flights

    by tomongolia 30 May 2009

    During winter 2009 only EZNIS offered domestic flights in Mongolia Now MIAT has joined to meet the high demand for domestic flights -…

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