Ulaan-Uul District
Улаан-Уул сум ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠᠰᠤᠮᠤ | |
|---|---|
 The sum center | |
| Country | Mongolia |
| Province | Khövsgöl Province |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (UTC + 8) |
Ulaan-Uul (Mongolian: Улаан-Уул = red mountain) is a sum of Khövsgöl aimag. The area is close to 10,000 km2. In 2000, Ulaan-Uul had a population of 3,726 people, mainly Darkhad. The sum center, officially named Tögöl (Mongolian: Төгөл), is located 171 km north-north-west of Mörön and 942 km from Ulaanbaatar.
History[edit]
The Ulaan-Uul sum was formed from the bigger part of Bayanzürkh sum in 1933. From 1956 to 1990, it was the seat of the Jargalant Amidral negdel.
Economy[edit]
In 2004, there were about 72,000 heads of livestock, among them 23,000 goats, 24,000 sheep, 17,000 cattle, yaks, and khainags, 7,000 horses, and 216 camels.[1]
Interesting Places[edit]
Ulaan-Uul sum covers the southern part of the Darkhad valley, a basin that is considered remote even by Mongolian standards. The locals practice a form of shamanism strongly influenced by Buddhism, and the Öliin davaa pass (literally "bald pass") that enters the Darkhad valley from the south has a group of 13 ovoos constructed of standing sticks in tepee form that are regularly used for festivals and naadam.[2] Both the Delgerkhaan uul and parts of the Ulaan Taiga National Park are located in this sum.
References[edit]
- ^ Mongolian National Statistical Office: Livestock Count 2004 (in Mongolian) Archived 2007-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ DePriest, Paula (2007). "Worship of Spirits in the Darkhat Valley, Northwest Mongolia". In Fitzhugh, W. W.; Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav (eds.). American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2007. Washington DC: Arctic Studies Center. pp. 105–106.
Literature[edit]
M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli, Ulaanbaatar 2001, p. 144f
50°40′46″N 99°13′37″E / 50.67944°N 99.22694°E