Citizens of Mongolian capital allowed to own land in rural areas for free

ULAN BATOR, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The citizens of the capital of Mongolia are allowed to own land in rural areas for free, the Department of Land Privatization Management of the Ulaanbaatar Property Relations Agency said in a statement on Thursday.

The citizens of Ulan Bator will be able to privatize up to 5,000-square meter land in rural areas free of charge.

Since 2013, a total of 191,276 residents of the Mongolian capital privatized 100.872 square km of land for family needs. Therefore, it is now impossible to privatize land in Ulan Bator.

The total land area of Mongolia is 1,564,116 square km. But more than half of its three million population live in the capital.

According to law on land allocation, the size of land parcels allocated for ownership for family needs vary depending on location.

In Ulan Bator and along the national level main roads connecting provinces with Ulan Bator, individuals are entitled to up to 0.07 hectares or 700 square meters, while in the province centers up to 0.35 hectares or 3500 square meters, and in administrative subdivisions centers and villages up to 0.5 hectares or 5,000 square meters, respectively.

Foreign citizens and companies can only use land under definite conditions and terms. They are not permitted to own land. Enditem