[Dx-qsl] Mongolian Capital -- Ulaanbaatar is govt. poreferred spelling

[Tom Anderson]

Fellow DXers:

The Foreign Ministry of Mongolia is apparently in the midst of creating 
an "official" spelling for the capital with  Ulaanbaatar as the 
preferred spelling.

This information was taken from a news researcher's list I belong to, 
which relayed a message from a National Public Radio correspondent in 
Ulaanbaatar, who had been asked by the Mongolian Foreign Ministry to 
relay the information to Western journalists.
 
When most Western journalists report from or about Mongolia, the 
majority apparently list the capital as "Ulan Bator." 
That is actually an older spelling that is now unfamiliar to Mongolians, 
according to the NPR correspondent. The government preference is 
"Ulaanbaatar" -- all one word.   Apparently the news media has a mixed 
bag of spellings as reporters spell it  Ulan Batar,  Ulan Bator, and  
Ulaanbaatar.

The Foreign Ministry said it is preparing a news release  to be sent to 
all major worldwide news agencies who regularly report from Mongolia 
 concerning the "correct" spelling of  "Ulaanbaatar."  


Tom, WW5L