Tsagaan-Üür, Khövsgöl

__NOTOC__Tsagaan-Üür ( _mn. Цагаан-Үүр) is a sum of Khövsgöl aimag. The area is 8,730 km², of which only 1,140 km² are pasture. In 2000, Tsagaan-Üür had a population of 2,421 people, including Khalkha, Uriankhai, and Buriad. The sum center, officially named "Bulgan" ( _mn. "Булган"), is located on the banks of the Üür gol, 173 km northeast of Mörön and 844 km from Ulaanbaatar.

History

The Tsagaan-Üür sum was founded, together with the whole Khövsgöl aimag, in 1931. In 1933, it had 2,400 inhabitants in 690 households, and about 22,000 heads of livestock. The local negdel, first named Uilgan and later Tsog, was founded in 1939.

Economy

In 2004, there were about 22,000 heads of livestock, among them 3,400 goats, 3,900 sheep, 11,300 cattle and yaks, and 3,400 horses, but no camels. [ [http://202.131.5.91/mal_tool/livestock2004.pdf Mongolian National Statistical Office: Livestock Count 2004 (in Mongolian)] ]

Interesting Places

About 35 km east of the sum center is a cave known as Dayan deerkhiin agui.

References

Literature

M. Nyamaa, "Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli", Ulaanbaatar 2001, p. 195f