Kharkhorin is a town and sum center in Övörkhangai Province in Mongolia. The sum population was 13,828, 13,964, and 14,765. The population of Kharkhorin town itself was 14,765 in 2017 and covered an area of 20.5 km2. Kharkhorin is located at the lower end of the upper valley of the Orkhon River which is included within UNESCO's World Heritage Site Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape.