Tsengel, Bayan-Ölgii

Tsengel District
Цэнгэл сум
ᠴᠡᠩᠭᠡᠯᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
Map
CountryMongolia
ProvinceBayan-Ölgii Province
Area
 • Total
6,463.17 km2 (2,495.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
8,744
Time zoneUTC+7 (UTC + 7)

Tsengel (Mongolian: Цэнгэл, bright; Tuvan: Ак-Саян, white-Sayan[1]) is a sum (district) of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia. The capital (sum center) of Tsengel is Khushoot, located in the west of the sum.

The inhabitants are mainly Tuvans, known as Tsengel Tuvans, whereas the rest of Bayan-Ölgii is populated mainly by Kazakhs. As of 2014 it had a population of 8744 people.[2]

Geography

The sum is located in the western most part of Bayan-Ölgii Province. It is also the western most sum of all sums in Mongolia.

Geology

References

  1. ^ Levin, Theodor (2006). Where Rivers and Mountains Sing: Sound, Music, and Nomadism in Tuva and Beyond. Indiana University Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780253223296.
  2. ^ "АЙМГИЙН ХҮН АМ, НИЙГМИЙН ЗАРИМ ҮЗҮҮЛЭЛТҮҮД" (PDF) (in Mongolian). Bayan-ulgii.nso.mn. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

48°56′27″N 89°08′18″E / 48.94083°N 89.13833°E / 48.94083; 89.13833


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