Dazu :
... In September the hills around Ulan Bator, the rough and roiling capital of Mongolia, are flecked with wildflowers. Below them, districts of gers, or yurts, encircle the city. The circular canvas structures, insulated with felt and supported by poles, have housed central Asian nomads since before the time of Genghis Khan — before there even was a Mongolia. ...
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — A populist business tycoon and former judo star is set to win Mongolia’s presidency, unseating the country’s ruling party candidate in a runoff election. ...
... More than 1.5 million people, half Mongolia’s total population, live in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. Many herders and nomads moving to the city for economic reasons settle in Ger tents in the socioeconomically deprived peripheries of the city known as Ger districts. ...
... But climb to a snow-dusted hilltop overlooking Ulan Bator and you see a thick grey band hanging over the city. In the coming weeks, as temperatures plummet, the smog will spread across the streets and into homes, shutting out the light. ...