Description
A man and his son stand at the top of a ruined tower close to prayer flags of Khar Balgas. Ruins of the Uyghur Empire's capital are found in the Orkhon Valley. The Uyghurs founded their Mongolian Empire in the 8th century and ruled during 100 years. The city walls ruins can still be seen on the Soum Khotont territory, in the Arkhangai Province.
Ordu-Baliq, also known as Mubalik and Karabalghasun, was the capital of the first Uyghur Khaganate, built on the site of the former Göktürk imperial capital, 27 km north-to-northeast of the later Mongol capital, Karakorum. Its ruins are known as Kharbalgas in Mongolian, that is, black city. They form part of the World Heritage Site Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape.