Sharga ( mn, Шарга) is a sum (district) of

Govi-Altai Province Govi-Altai ( mn, Говь-Алтай / , ) is an aimag (province) in western Mongolia. Transportation The Altai Airport (LTI/ZMAT) has one paved runway and is served by regular flights to Arvaikheer, Bayankhongor and Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar ...

in western

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

. The area has one of the last two populations of the Mongolian

saiga antelope The saiga antelope (, ''Saiga tatarica''), or saiga, is a critically endangered antelope which during antiquity inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe spanning the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in the northwest and Caucasus in ...

(''Saiga tatarica mongolica''), which is protected in

Sharga Nature Reserve Sharga Nature Reserve ( mn, Шарга) is a reserve in the western part of Mongolia. It comprises 2.860 km2 and is located in Govi-Altai Province Govi-Altai ( mn, Говь-Алтай / , ) is an aimag (province) in western Mongolia. Transp ...

. In 2009, its population was 1,921.Govi-Altai aimag statistical office annual report 2009

References

Populated places in Mongolia Districts of Govi-Altai Province {{Mongolia-geo-stub