Tsengel, Bayan-Ölgii

Tsengel District

Цэнгэл сум
ᠴᠡᠩᠭᠡᠯᠰᠤᠮᠤ
Tsengel District Цэнгэл сум; ᠴᠡᠩᠭᠡᠯᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
Country	Mongolia
Province	Bayan-Ölgii Province
Area
• Total	6,463.17 km2 (2,495.44 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	8,744
Time zone	UTC+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]

References

^ Levin, Theodor (2006). Where Rivers and Mountains Sing: Sound, Music, and Nomadism in Tuva and Beyond. Indiana University Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780253223296.
^ "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.

External links

Review of Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Year in Mongolia, a book by Louisa Waugh, who spent a year there

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

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[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.

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