Tsagaannuur, Khövsgöl

__NOTOC__Tsagaannuur ( _mn. Цагааннуур = "white lake") is a sum of Khövsgöl aimag. The area is 5,410 km². In 2000, Tsagaannuur had a population of 1,317 people, of which most identified themselves as Darkhad. 269 inhabitants identified themselves as Tsaatan. The sum center, officially named "Gurvansaikhan" ( _mn. "Гурвансайхан"), is located at the shore of Dood Tsagaan nuur, 279 km north-northeast of Mörön and 1048 km from Ulaanbaatar.

History

The Tsagaannuur sum was split off from Renchinlkhümbe, Khövsgöl in 1985.

Economy

In 2004, there were about 8,000 heads of livestock, among them 2,400 goats, 2,100 sheep, 2,300 cattle and yaks, 1,100 horses, 6 camels, and 632 reindeer. [ [http://202.131.5.91/mal_tool/livestock2004.pdf Mongolian National Statistical Office: Livestock Count 2004 (in Mongolian)] ] Tsagaannuur houses the only commercial fishing enterprise in Mongolia.

Interesting Places

This sum covers the northwestern part of the Darkhad valley, a basin that is considered remote even by Mongolian standards. Both Tsaatan and Darkhad practice shamanism.

References

External links

Nomadicare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTi20-Nojwo

Literature

M. Nyamaa, "Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli", Ulaanbaatar 2001, p. 193f