![TerkhiinTsagaanNuurPan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/TerkhiinTsagaanNuurPan.jpg)
The Arkhangai Province or Arkhangai Aimag ( mn, Архангай аймаг, Arhangai aimag, ; "North Khangai") is one of the 21
aimags of Mongolia
An aimag (, ; xal, әәмг, ), originally a Mongolian word meaning 'tribe', is an administrative subdivision in Mongolia, Russia, and in the Inner Mongolia region of China.
Mongolia
In Mongolia, an aimag is the first-level administrative ...
. It is located slightly west of the country's center, on the northern slopes of the
Khangai Mountains
The Khangai Mountains ( mn, Хангайн нуруу, Hangain nuruu, ); form a mountain range, range in central Mongolia, some west of Ulaanbaatar.
Name
Two provinces of Mongolia are named after the Khangai mountains: Arkhangai (North Khangai) ...
. It is composed of 19 soums.
Geography
The Arkhangai aimag is located in the interior of the country and borders to the following other aimags:
Bulgan (north east),
Övörkhangai (south east),
Bayankhongor
Bayankhongor ( mn, Баянхонгор, lit=''righ soft'', or ''rich sweetheart'') is the capital of the Bayankhongor Province (aimag) in Mongolia. The administration of the Bayankhongor Sum (district) is also located in the same place. The city ...
(south),
Zavkhan (west), and
Khövsgöl (north west).
The highest point is
Kharlagtai Peak at 3,529 m (11,578 ft), while the lowest point is the area on the confluence of the
Orkhon and
Tamir rivers at 1,290 m (4,232 ft). The most well-known mountain is the extinct volcano
Khorgo
The Horgo ( mn, Хорго) is a volcano in the Taryatu-Chulutu volcanic field in the Tariat district in the Arkhangai Province of Mongolia. The Horgo lies east of the lake Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur and together they are the core of the Khorgo-Ter ...
, which is part of the
Khorgo-Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park
Khorgo-Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park ( mn, Тэрхийн Цагаан нуур) covers the picturesque Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake and the nearby Khorgo Mountain (a recently extinct volcano) in the north central khangai Mountains of Mongolia. T ...
.
Bodies of water
The rivers
Chuluut,
Khanui, and
Tamir have their origins in the valleys of the Khangai Mountains. Together with some smaller tributaries they all belong to the watershed of the
Selenge. The
Orkhon also traverses the eastern end of the aimag for a short stretch.
The lake
Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur
Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake ( mn, Тэрхийн Цагаан нуур, Terkhiin Tsagaan nuur, , zh, 特尔赫查干湖, 特尔赫查干淖尔), also known as The White Lake, is a lake in the Khangai Mountains in central Mongolia
Mongolia; Mo ...
is located in the west. According to a legend it was created when a giant took a large rock and threw it away. Looking back he saw a white surface and exclaimed in surprise, "Look, a white lake!" The exclamation has become the name of the lake. The rock ended up farther to the east and is called
Taikhar Chuluu. The small lake
Ögii Nuur is located in the eastern part of the aimag in the
Sum of the same name.
History
After the
People’s Revolution won in 1921 throughout Mongolia reforms in
administrative unit were made and the ''Tsetserleg Mandal Uul'' aimag was
established on the foundation of
Sain Noyon Khan
Sain may refer to:
People
* Bhagat Sain (14th and 15th centuries), king of Rewa, disciple of Bhagat Ramanand
* Édouard Alexandre Sain (1830–1910), a French painter
* Isidoro Sain (1869–1932), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
* Johnny Sa ...
aimag.
Arkhangai aimag was formed from parts of the ''Tsetserleg Mandal Uul'' aimag in 1931. At that time, the aimag had 35 sums, 65,333 inhabitants in 22,285 households, and 1,800,000 head of livestock. The aimag center Tsetserleg was established at the site of the
Zaya Khüree
Zaya ( bg, Зая) is a village in Dryanovo Municipality, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is s ...
monastery, which had been first founded in 1586.
Population
Arkhangai covers 55,313.82 km² (21,357 sq mi), and had 89,282 citizens in Dec.31 2008, in Dec. 31 2009 89,331
who live in 19 sums and 99 bags (subdistricts)
Transportation
There are currently no flights to Tsetserleg's airport. The Post Bus travels daily to Tsetserleg through Kharkhorin, leaving from Dragon Center in Ulaanbaatar at 8:00am 14:00pm and 19:00 pm. The price of a ticket is around 32,000 MNT. Small microbuses also travel daily to Tsetserleg, but are much less reliable. Private vehicle hire is around 400,000MNT for a Prius or 500,000MNT for a larger van vehicle
Climate
In winter mean temperature is −30 °C to −38 °C (−22 °F to −36 °F) and in summer the highest temperature is between 25 °C and 36 °C (77 °F and 97 °F).
Economy
The main field of economy in the aimag is agriculture, predominantly animal husbandry. According to 2004 data, the aimag was home to 1,948,000 domestic animals: goats, sheep, cattle (incl. yaks and
khainag
A dzo (also spelled zo, zho and dzho, bo, མཛོ་, mdzo) is a hybrid between the yak and domestic cattle. The word dzo technically refers to a male hybrid, while a female is known as a or . In Mongolian, it is called a (хайнаг). ...
s), horses and camels. Camels are almost exclusively herded in the southeastern sums.
[National statistical office, Livestock count 2004, Khavsralt 44
]
Administrative subdivisions
![Mongolia Arkhangai sum map](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Mongolia_Arkhangai_sum_map.png)
The aimag capital
Tsetserleg Tsetserleg ( mn, Цэцэрлэг, ''garden'') may signify:
* Tsetserleg (city), the capital of Arkhangai aimag in Mongolia
* two sums (districts) in different aimags of Mongolia:
** Tsetserleg, Arkhangai
** Tsetserleg, Khövsgöl
Tsetserleg ( mn, ...
is geographically located in the
Bulgan sum in the south of the aimag. It is not to be confused with the
Tsetserleg sum in the north.
* - The aimag capital
Tsetserleg Tsetserleg ( mn, Цэцэрлэг, ''garden'') may signify:
* Tsetserleg (city), the capital of Arkhangai aimag in Mongolia
* two sums (districts) in different aimags of Mongolia:
** Tsetserleg, Arkhangai
** Tsetserleg, Khövsgöl
Tsetserleg ( mn, ...
External links
References
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Provinces of Mongolia
States and territories established in 1931
1931 establishments in Mongolia