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Arkhangai Province

Arkhangai Province

Mongolian province

This article is about a province of Mongolia. For other uses, see Khangai (disambiguation).

The Arkhangai Province or Arkhangai Aimag (Mongolian: Архангай аймаг, romanized: Arhangai aimag, pronounced [arχəɴˈɢæˑ ˈæˑməq]; lit. "Northern Khangai") is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. It is located slightly west of the country's center, on the northern slopes of the Khangai Mountains. It is composed of 19 soums.

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Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake, Mongolia

It includes the present-day borders of Otuken, the sacred capital of the Turkic peoples in Central Asia and considered sacred by the Mongols.[2]

Population

Arkhangai covers 55,313.82 km² (21,357 sq mi), and had 89,282 citizens in Dec.31 2008,[3] in Dec. 31 2009 89,331[4] who live in 19 sums and 99 bags (subdistricts)

Climate

In winter mean temperature is −30 °C to −38 °C (−22 °F to −36 °F) and in summer the highest temperature is between 25 °C and 36 °C (77 °F and 97 °F).

Economy

The main field of economy in the aimag is agriculture, predominantly animal husbandry. According to 2004 data, the aimag was home to 1,948,000 domestic animals: goats, sheep, cattle (incl. yaks and khainags), horses and camels. Camels are almost exclusively herded in the southeastern sums.[5]

Administrative subdivisions

Sums of Arkhangai

The aimag capital Tsetserleg is geographically located in the Bulgan sum in the south of the aimag. It is not to be confused with the Tsetserleg sum in the north.

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* - The aimag capital Tsetserleg

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References

  1. [1]
    "GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, by region, aimags and the Capital". www.1212.mn. Mongolian Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  2. [2]
    "Türklerin tarihî başkenti: Ötüken - Avrasya'dan - Haber".
  3. [3]
    Arkhangai Aimag 2008 December Statistical Report[permanent dead link]
  4. [4]
    Dec. 31 2009 estimation. Arkhangai Aimag Statistical Service Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. [5]
    National statistical office, Livestock count 2004, Khavsralt 44
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