Choir, Mongolia

File:Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa sculpture.jpg, in Choir]]

Choir was a military base during the Soviet period. In 1989, the Soviet anti-aircraft missile units left Choir.Alan J. K. Sanders, "Mongolia in 1989: Year of Adjustment," Asian Survey 30:1 (January 1990), p. 62. The longest runway in Mongolia, now abandoned, is located 25 km N from Choir, a relic of that period.{{cite web|url=http://www.ait.net/technos/tq_10/4mongolia.php |title=Mongolia, Multimedia Memories, and Me |work=Technos Quarterly |date=Winter 2001 |accessdate=2007-07-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928104000/http://www.ait.net/technos/tq_10/4mongolia.php |archivedate=2007-09-28 }} In 1992, the military cantonment passed into the jurisdiction of Govisümber Province, according to the 1992 constitution.Alan J. K. Sanders, "Mongolia's New Constitution: Blueprint for Democracy," Asian Survey 32:6 (June 1992), p. 507.

Near the railway station is a statue commemorating Mongolia's first cosmonaut,

Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa.

Choir lies in the Choir Depression, a lowland strip about 150 km long and 10 to 20 km wide, about 500 m lower than the surrounding upland.{{cite web|url=http://www.denisonmines.com/files/objects/2006%20AIF%20FINAL.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928122047/http://www.denisonmines.com/files/objects/2006%20AIF%20FINAL.pdf |archive-date=2007-09-28 |format=pdf |title=Annual Information Form |author=Denison Mines |author-link=Denison Mines |date=December 2006 |page=62 |accessdate=2007-07-24 |url-status=dead }} It lies at an altitude of 1269 m.

Choir has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) with warm summers and severely cold winters. Most precipitation falls in the summer as rain, with some snow in the adjacent months of May and September. Winters are very dry.

{{Weather box

|location = Choir, elevation {{convert|1286|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1961–present)

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|width = auto

|Jan record high C = 0.5

|Feb record high C = 9.8

|Mar record high C = 24.0

|Apr record high C = 29.6

|May record high C = 36.0

|Jun record high C = 39.9

|Jul record high C = 39.6

|Aug record high C = 40.5

|Sep record high C = 31.5

|Oct record high C = 25.8

|Nov record high C = 12.8

|Dec record high C = 7.8

|Jan high C = -13.4

|Feb high C = -8.3

|Mar high C = 2.3

|Apr high C = 12.0

|May high C = 19.3

|Jun high C = 25.2

|Jul high C = 27.5

|Aug high C = 25.4

|Sep high C = 19.1

|Oct high C = 9.6

|Nov high C = -3.0

|Dec high C = -12.4

| year high C =

|Jan mean C = -19.2

|Feb mean C = -15.0

|Mar mean C = -5.1

|Apr mean C = 4.6

|May mean C = 11.9

|Jun mean C = 18.5

|Jul mean C = 21.1

|Aug mean C = 18.8

|Sep mean C = 12.5

|Oct mean C = 2.5

|Nov mean C = -9.2

|Dec mean C = -17.7

| year mean C =

|Jan low C = -23.8

|Feb low C = -21.0

|Mar low C = -11.8

|Apr low C = -2.4

|May low C = 4.6

|Jun low C = 12.0

|Jul low C = 15.1

|Aug low C = 13.1

|Sep low C = 5.9

|Oct low C = -3.0

|Nov low C = -14.2

|Dec low C = -22.1

| year low C =

|Jan record low C = −39.5

|Feb record low C = -38.0

|Mar record low C = −34.0

|Apr record low C = -22.0

|May record low C = -14.9

|Jun record low C = -2.5

|Jul record low C = -2.2

|Aug record low C = -1.7

|Sep record low C = -9.6

|Oct record low C = -22.3

|Nov record low C = −31.6

|Dec record low C = −36.2

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 0.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 1.5

|Mar precipitation mm = 1.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 3.8

|May precipitation mm = 8.0

|Jun precipitation mm = 24.8

|Jul precipitation mm = 47.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 34.6

|Sep precipitation mm = 14.8

|Oct precipitation mm = 4.5

|Nov precipitation mm = 2.5

|Dec precipitation mm = 1.9

|year precipitation mm = 146.4

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 1.1

|Feb precipitation days = 1.5

|Mar precipitation days = 1.3

|Apr precipitation days = 3.1

|May precipitation days = 2.1

|Jun precipitation days = 4.3

|Jul precipitation days = 6.8

|Aug precipitation days = 6.1

|Sep precipitation days = 2.7

|Oct precipitation days = 1.7

|Nov precipitation days = 2.2

|Dec precipitation days = 1.4

|year precipitation days = 34.2

| Jan humidity =78.9

| Feb humidity =72.1

| Mar humidity =55.9

| Apr humidity =43.0

| May humidity =41.1

| Jun humidity =47.7

| Jul humidity =54.1

| Aug humidity =55.9

| Sep humidity =50.5

| Oct humidity =53.7

| Nov humidity =67.1

| Dec humidity =77.5

| Jan dew point C =-22.9

| Feb dew point C =-19.3

| Mar dew point C =-14.0

| Apr dew point C =-8.8

| May dew point C =-2.5

| Jun dew point C =5.5

| Jul dew point C =9.9

| Aug dew point C =8.3

| Sep dew point C =0.8

| Oct dew point C =-7.1

| Nov dew point C =-14.9

| Dec dew point C =-21.0

|source 1 =NOAA{{cite web

|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Mongolia/CSV/Choir_44298.csv

|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|access-date = January 20, 2024}}{{cite web

|url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/MO/44298.TXT

|title = Choir Climate Normals 1961-1990

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|accessdate = January 14, 2013}}Starlings Roost Weather{{cite web |url=http://starlingsroost.ddns.net/weather/worldclimate/graphs.php?climate=9120&code=44298

|title= CHOIR Climate: 1991–2020

|publisher=Starlings Roost Weather

|access-date= 3 January 2025}}

|source 2 =Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)

{{cite web

| url = http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/station-1795-1955-2023.php

| title = Station Choir

| publisher = Meteo Climat

| language = fr

| access-date = 10 October 2018}}

|date=August 2014}}

In 2002, a population of Choir city was 7,588 (and 9,207 with rural parts of Sümber sum),[http://gate1.pmis.gov.mn/govisumber/index.php?m63 Gobisümber aimag official site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070924203447/http://gate1.pmis.gov.mn/govisumber/index.php?m63 |date=September 24, 2007 }} up from a population of 4,500 in 1979.{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Mongolia_d.html|title=Mongolia|work=citypopulation.de|accessdate=2007-07-24}} For the end of 2006 estimations population was 7,998.[http://pmis.gov.mn/govi-sumber/www/content.php?id=25 Govisümber Aimag official site]{{Dead link|date=January 2013}}

Choir has been declared a free enterprise zone. Along with Darkhan and Erdenet, it is one of three autonomous cities in Mongolia.Hari D. Goyal, "A Development Perspective on Mongolia," Asian Survey 39:4 (July/August 1999), p. 634.

Choir has a medium-security prison which can house 460 prisoners.{{cite web|url=http://www.asianoutreach.org/articles.php?lng=en&pg=162 |title=Siberian Team blesses Mongolia's prisoners |work=Asian Outreach International |accessdate=2007-07-24 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914020527/http://www.asianoutreach.org/articles.php?lng=en&pg=162 |archivedate=2007-09-14 |url-status=dead }}

It lies along the Trans-Mongolian Railway, 250 km to the southeast of Ulaanbaatar. The Asian Development Bank is considering a 430-km paved road from Choir to the Chinese border, the final stage of a north-south route through the country.{{cite web|title=Paving the Way for Road Development in Mongolia's Southern Gobi |work=Asian Development Bank |url=http://www.adb.org/media/printer.asp?articleID=1534 |accessdate=2007-07-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702092216/http://www.adb.org/media/printer.asp?articleID=1534 |archivedate=2007-07-02 }}

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