Tsengel ( mn, Цэнгэл, ''bright'') is a
sum (district) of
Bayan-Ölgii Province
Bayan-Ölgii ( mn, Баян-Өлгий, ; xal, Байн-Өлгий, ; kk, Бай-Өлке / Bai-Ölke, ; "Rich region") is the westernmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The country's only Muslim and Kazakh-majority aimag, it was ...
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 capital (sum center) of Tsengel is Khushoot, located in the west of the sum.
The inhabitants are mainly
Tuvans
The Tuvans ( tyv, Тывалар, Tıvalar) are a TurkicOtto Maenchen-Helfen, Journey to Tuva, p. 169 ethnic group indigenous to Siberia who live in Russia (Tuva), Mongolia, and China. They speak Tuvan, a Siberian Turkic language. They are als ...
, known as Tsengel Tuvans, whereas the rest of Bayan-Ölgii is populated mainly by
Kazakhs
The Kazakhs (also spelled Qazaqs; Kazakh: , , , , , ; the English name is transliterated from Russian; russian: казахи) are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group native to northern parts of Central Asia, chiefly Kazakhstan, but also parts o ...
. As of 2014 it had a population of 8744 people.
References
External links
Review of ''Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Year in Mongolia'', a book by Louisa Waugh, who spent a year there
Populated places in Mongolia
Districts of Bayan-Ölgii Province
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