Tsagaannuur, Khövsgöl
Tsagaannuur District
Цагааннуур сум ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷᠰᠤᠮᠤ | |
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  Tsagaannuur District Location in Mongolia | |
| Coordinates: 51°21′16″N 99°21′12″E / 51.35444°N 99.35333°E | |
| Country |  Mongolia |
| Province | Khövsgöl |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,090 sq mi (5,410 km2) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 1,411 |
| • Density | 0.7/sq mi (0.26/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 |
Tsagaannuur (Mongolian: Цагааннуур, white lake) is a sum of Khövsgöl aimag. The area is 5,410 km2. In 2000, Tsagaannuur had a population of 1,317 people, of which most identified themselves as Darkhad. There were 269 inhabitants who identified themselves as Tsaatan ethnicity. The sum center, officially named Gurvansaikhan (Mongolian: Гурвансайхан), is located at the shore of Dood Tsagaan nuur, 279 km north-north-east of Mörön and 1048 km from Ulaanbaatar.
History
[edit]The Tsagaannuur sum was split off from Renchinlkhümbe, Khövsgöl in 1985.
Economy
[edit]In 2004, there were about 8,000 heads of livestock, among them 2,400 goats, 2,100 sheep, 2,300 cattle and yaks, 1,100 horses, 6 camels, and 632 reindeer.[1] Tsagaannuur houses the only commercial fishing enterprise in Mongolia.
According to the statistics provided by the Tsagaan Nuur Sum government on November 13, 2014, in a general assembly with residents of the sum's Xarmai district, the total amount of domestic reindeer in both nearby West Taiga and in East Taiga is 1511.[2]
Notable places
[edit]This sum covers the north-western part of the Darkhad valley, a basin that is considered remote even by Mongolian standards. Both Tsaatan and Darkhad practice shamanism.
References
[edit]- ^ Mongolian National Statistical Office: Livestock Count 2004 (in Mongolian) Archived 2007-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rasiulis, Nicolas, Freestyle Life: Improvising Livelihoods In The Taiga With Mongolian Dukhas And Other Beings With Whom They Co-Inhabit, MA Thesis, University of Ottawa, awaiting publication.
External links
[edit]Nomadicare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTi20-Nojwo
Literature
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M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli, Ulaanbaatar 2001, p. 193f
51°21′16″N 99°21′12″E / 51.35444°N 99.35333°E
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