Khongor, Darkhan-Uul

Khongor ( _mn. Хонгор, "soft" or "sweetheart") is a sum (district) of Darkhan-Uul Province in northern Mongolia. The sum center has railway station on the Ulan-Ude - Ulan Bator - Beijing line. The most important railway station is 13 km S from sum center, where at Salkhit settlement Salkhit - Erdenet line starts.

In 2007, Khongor was the scene of an apparently massive contamination case that involved sodium cyanide and mercury compounds, materials used for small-scale gold mining. The case aroused considerable attention in the national media, and it was even discussed to relocate the settlement [ [http://pressreviewmongolia.com/PressReviewMongolia/Hot_Topic/Entries/2007/9/21_Battulga_is_trying_to_be_recognized_by_fighting_against_already_recognized_political_figures....html pressreviewmongolia.com: This is a disaster that nobody can fully recognize right now...] ] [ [http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1528&Itemid=1 UBPost: Khongor Pollution Levels Acceptable: WHO] ] .

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