• Area

  217,800 sq km (territory of Buryatia)

• Location

  Ulan-Ude is situated at the junction of two rivers (Uda and Selenga) between two mountain ranges: Khamar-Daban and Ulan-Burgasy. Ulan-Ude is an important commercial and industrial center of Eastern Siberia, located on the 5,640th kilometer of the Trans-Siberian railway.

• Geographic coordinates

  51 50 N, 107 50 E

• Population

  approx 353,000 (2005 est.)

• Foundation

  1666

• Climate

  The climate is contrast, as it's hot in the summer and very cold in the winter. The average temperature in January (the coldest month) is -27 C, in August (the warmest month) +22 C.

• UTC/GMT Offset

  UTC/GMT + 8 hours

• Area code

  3012

• Major attractions

  Buddhist Datsan, Ethnographic Museum, the History and Nature Museums. The lake Baikal is 250 kilometers away from Ulan-Ude.