Altai District | |
Native Name: | Алтай сум |
Native Name Lang: | mn |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | 220px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mongolia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Khovd Province |
Area Total Km2: | 13144 |
Timezone: | UTC + 7 |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Website: | http://altai.kho.gov.mn/ |
Altai (Mongolian: Алтай) is a sum (district) of Khovd Province in western of Mongolia. It is 310 km away from the city of Khovd.[1]
In 1968 a research team investigated 31 monuments dated to the Bronze and Early Iron Age near the border of Altai and Üyench sums.[2]