Tsetserleg ( mn, Цэцэрлэг, ''lit. "garden"'') is a
sum of
Khövsgöl aimag,
Mongolia
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. The area is 7,480 km
2, of which 6,040 km
2 are pasture and 1,340 km
2 are forest. 15 km
2 are farmland. In 2000, Tsetserleg had a population of 5,876 people, mainly
Khotgoid. The sum center, officially named ''Khalban'' ( mn, Халбан), is located 209 km west of
Mörön
Mörön ( mn, Мөрөн;, lit=river), also spelled Murun, is the administrative center of Khövsgöl Aimag (province) in northern Mongolia. Before 1933, Khatgal had been the aimag capital.
It has 12,286 families and a population of 46,918, an ...
and 880 km from
Ulaanbaatar
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.
History
A Tsetserleg sum was formed from parts of the Khantaishir uulyn aimag's Delgerkhaan uulyn
khoshuu in 1930. In 1931, some bags were added, and in 1933, Tsetserleg sum had roughly 3,800 inhabitants in 1150 households, and 92,000 heads of livestock. In 1954, the local Enkh-Amidral
negdel was founded.
Economy
In 2004, there were about 110,000 heads of livestock, among them 45,000
goat
The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the a ...
s, 48,000
sheep
Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus '' Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated ...
, 8,300
cattle
Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult ma ...
and
yaks, 8,100
horse
The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million yea ...
s, and 606
camels.
Mongolian National Statistical Office: Livestock Count 2004 (in Mongolian)
Miscellaneous
Tesiin Khüree, one of the largest monasteries in this part of Mongolia, was founded close to where now the sum center is located in 1717. At its best times, the monastery housed 1,500 lamas and consisted of 6 aimags (big temples), 16 datsans (medium-sized temples), and 29 dugans (small temples). Tesiin Khüree was destroyed in the late 1930s.
References
Literature
M. Nyamaa, ''Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli'', Ulaanbaatar 2001, p. 201f
Districts of Khövsgöl Province
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