Argalant Explained

Argalant District
Native Name:Аргалант сум
Native Name Lang:mn
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Mongolia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Töv Province
Timezone:UTC + 8
Utc Offset:+8
Area Code:+976 (0) 2742

Argalant (Mongolian: Аргалант) is a sum in Mongolia's Töv Province, just west of Ulaanbaatar. The area is 1210 square kilometres, of which about 160 square kilometres are farmland and 940 square kilometres are pasture. In 2005, the sum had 1892 inhabitants in 387 households.[1] Distance from sum center to Ulaanbaatar[2] is 82 km. The sum was founded in 1977, in the first year of Mongolia's second Virgin Soils campaign.

Economy and Livestock

Main sectors of the economy are livestock herding, farming, trade and tourism. In 2004, the sum housed roughly 44,000 heads of livestock, including 18,000 goats, 20,000 sheep, 2,200 heads of cattle, 4,000 horses and 6 camels.[3]

References

Töv Aimag official website

47.9414°N 105.8975°W

Notes and References

  1. http://202.131.5.91/webs/aimags/14/my%20webs/Hunam.pdf Aimag statistical office
  2. more precisely, to Sükhbaatar Square
  3. http://202.131.5.91/mal_tool/livestock2004.pdf National Statistical Office: Livestock count 2004