Sagil () is a sum (district) of

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in western

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. The main road connecting

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goes 5.5 km east from the center of the sum.

Geography

Üüreg Lake Üüreg Lake (, , ''Üüreg nuur'', zh, 乌雷格湖) is a saline lake in an endorheic basin in Sagil, Uvs Province, Mongolia, north-west of the Great Lakes Hollow, near the western edge of the Uvs Nuur basin. The Tsagaan river gorge (''Tsa ...

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into five

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, which are: * Bayanzurkh * Borshoo * Khar Mod * Undur Mod * Uureg Nuur

References

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