Tosontsengel () is a sum of

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. The area is 2,050 km², of which 1,800 km² are pasture and 11 km² are farmland. In 2000, Tosontsengel had a population of 4,161 people, including some Khotgoid. The sum center, officially named ''Tsengel'' (), is located 64 km east-southeast of

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and 607 km from

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History

The Tosontsengel sum was founded, together with the whole Khövsgöl aimag, in 1931. In 1933, it had 3,100 inhabitants in 842 households, and about 99,000 heads of livestock. In 1956, the local Ardyn Zorig (people's courage)

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was founded. On 19 December 2001, a worldwide record high barometric pressure of 1,085.6 hectopascals (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into five

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, which are: * Mukhar Khundii * Selenge * Suul Ulaan * Teel * Tsengel

Economy

In 2004, there were about 137,000 heads of livestock, among them 64,000

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s, 57,000

sheep Sheep (: sheep) or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are a domesticated, ruminant mammal 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 d ...

, 8,800

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 ...

and yaks, 7,200

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 33

camel A camel (from and () from Ancient Semitic: ''gāmāl'') is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provid ...

s.Mongolian National Statistical Office: Livestock Count 2004 (in Mongolian)

References

Literature

M. Nyamaa, ''Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli'', Ulaanbaatar 2001, p. 133 {{DEFAULTSORT:Tosontsengel, Khovsgol Districts of Khövsgöl Province