Mongol Post

Mongol Post
Industry Postal services, courier
Founded 1 November 1994 (1 November 1994)
Headquarters Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Area served
 Mongolia
Services Letter post, parcel service, delivery
Number of employees
 900 (2016)
Website mongolpost.mn

Mongol Post (Монгол Шуудан) is the state-owned postal service of Mongolia.[1] The company was renamed to Mongol Post on April 5, 2002. It was originally founded by the Mongolian People's Republic in 1935 and went under several different names before its current structure was established in 1994.[2]

The headquarters are in Ulaanbaatar, and the company employs about 900 staff in total.[1]

Services

The company provides 20 post and communication services including international letter and parcel express services.[1][3]

Of Mongolia's 3 million inhabitants, 30% are nomadic, and 61% of Ulaanbaatar's population live in informal settlements.[4] This population had 'no consistent addressing system' until May 2016 when Mongol Post started using a geocoding system provided by what3words.[5][6]

History

The modern postal system of Mongolia started with the establishment of a state committee for post and telegraph by the Mongolian People's Republic. From 1935 the postal system had a succession of names commencing as the 'City Post Committee', including 'Central Post', 'Telegraph, Post and Communication Office', until 2002 when finally renamed Mongol Post.[2]

The 'Mongol Post Bank', a private bank that operated from 1994 to 2009, was never related to the 'Mongol Post' organisation.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Us". Mongol Post. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Outline of history". Mongol Post. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Odgerel, U.; International Chinese Transportation Professional Association (2011). "White Paper 2011 Mongolia" (PDF). United Nations Public Administration Network. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Engel, David (2015). "Ulaanbaatar's GerDistrict Issues: Changes and Attitudes". School for International Training. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mongol Post adopts what3words as national addressing system". Mongol Post. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  6. ↑ McDaniel, Eric (19 June 2016). "Welcome To Mongolia's New Postal System: An Atlas Of Random Words". NPR. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Myong, Ho Shin (2001). Report and recommendation of the president to the Board of Directors on a proposed loan to Mongolia for the housing finance (sector) project. Asian Development Bank.
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