Bayan-Ovoo, Bayankhongor
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Bayan-Ovoo (, Rich
ovoo Ovoo, oboo, or obo (, , , , Traditional Mongol: , "heap"; Chinese: 敖包 ''áobāo'', lit. "magnificent bundle .e. shrine) are cairns used as border markers or shrines in Mongolian folk religious practice and in the religion of other Mongol ...
) is a sum (district) of
Bayankhongor Province The Bayankhongor Province or Bayanhongor Aimag is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the southwest of the country and, at 116,000 square kilometers, it is one of the largest aimags. The capital of the aimag shares the ...
in
Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...
. In 2006, its population was 2,912.Bayankhongor Aimag Statistical Office 2006 annual report: population


Administrative divisions

The district is divided into four
bags A bag, also known regionally as a sack, is a common tool in the form of a floppy container, typically made of cloth, leather, bamboo, paper, or plastic. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being lengths of animal s ...
, which are: * Asgamba * Mandalkhairkhan * Mergen * Urankhairkhan


References

Districts of Bayankhongor Province {{Mongolia-geo-stub