Kharkhorin is a town and sum (district) center in Övörkhangai Province in Mongolia. It is well known for being near the capital of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century covering 23 million km2. The sum population was 13,828 (1994), 13,964 (2000), and 14,765 (2017). The population of Kharkhorin town itself was 14,765 in 2017 and covered an area of 20.5 km2.