Tag: Ulanbator
The World’s Oldest National Park: Ghosts of Monks and Red Deer
Written by Charles Bedford | November 10th, 2009
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Bogdkhan Uul, just south of Ulanbator, Mongolia, is the oldest national park in the world. That’s right — it predates Yellowstone by over 100 years. Established by the Mongolian government in 1778, it was originally chartered by Ming Dynasty officials in the 1500s as an area to be kept off limits to extractive uses, protected [...]
