Bayandelger ( ) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

in the west of

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 ...

's Töv Province. As of the 2005 census, it had a population of 1,226 inhabitants in 429 households.

History

The district (or sum) was founded in 1923 under the name Gün ( ) and as part of the khoshuu of Darkhan Khoshoi Chin Wang PuntsogtserengБаяндэлгэр сум
/ref> in the Tüsheet Khan aimag. 1924 it was renamed to Batdelger uulyn sum, and in 1931 it was renamed again. In 1956 it was split between the Bayan and Erdene sums, with most of the territory going to the latter. In 1959, the Bayandelger sum was re-established.Töv aimag official website
(in Mongolian)

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into two bags, which are: * Baidlag * Galuut

Livestock

In 2004, there were 64,000 heads of livestock, including 19,000

goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope that is mostly 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 ...

s, 35,000 sheep, 3,500 heads of

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are calle ...

, 6900

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 mi ...

s and 71 camels.National Statistical Office: Livestock count 2004
, p. 109 (in Mongolian)

Notable natives

Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj was born in what is now Bayandelger sum.

References

Districts of Töv Province {{Mongolia-geo-stub