Tarialan ( mn, Тариалан, ''field'') is a
sum (district) of
Uvs Province
Uvs (; mn, Увс аймаг, Uws aimag, ; xal, Увс әәмг, Uws äämg, ), is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the west of the country, away from the national capital Ulaanbaatar. Its capital is Ulaangom whi ...
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, ...
.
It is the closest sum to
Ulaangom
Ulaangom (; mn, Улаангом, ; xal, Уланһом, ) is the capital of Uvs Province in Mongolia. It is located on the slopes of the Kharkhiraa mountain, southwest from the lake Uvs Nuur shore and south from the Russian border.
Descri ...
, only about 30 km away from the provincial capital. The center of the sum is on Kharkhiraa river coming out of the
Kharkhiraa
Kharkhiraa ( mn, Хархираа, Harhiraa, ; "common crane") is a mountain of the Altai Mountains and is located in the Uvs Province in Mongolia. It has an elevation of .
See also
* List of mountains in Mongolia
Mongolia has three major mo ...
mountain.
It is home to the Khoton speakers of the
Oirat language
Oirat (Clear script: , , ; Kalmyk: , ; Khalkha Mongolian: , ) is a Mongolic language spoken by the descendants of Oirat Mongols, now forming parts of Mongols in China, Kalmyks in Russia and Mongolians. Largely mutually intelligible to other co ...
. The Khoton practice a syncretic religion incorporating elements from Islam, and
Tengri
Tengri ( zh, 騰格里; otk, 𐰚𐰇𐰚:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃, Kök Teŋri/Teŋiri, lit=Blue Heaven; Old Uyghur: ''tängri''; Middle Turkic: تآنغرِ; ky, теңир; tr, Tanrı; az, Tanrı; bg, Тангра; Proto-Turkic *''teŋri / * ...
shamanism.
Populated places in Mongolia
Districts of Uvs Province
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