Tolbo Explained

Tolbo District
Native Name:Толбо сум
Native Name Lang:mn
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Mongolia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Bayan-Ölgii Province
Area Total Km2:2974.69
Population As Of:2014
Population Total:3939
Timezone:UTC + 7
Utc Offset:+7

Tolbo (Mongolian: Толбо, Stain) is a sum (district) of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia. It is primarily inhabited by ethnic Kazakhs. As of 2014 it had a population of 3939 people.[1]

A large saline lake, Tolbo Lake, is located in the district, just north of the sum center. The lake was the site of the Battle of Tolbo Lake (1921) during the Russian Civil War where Bolsheviks and Mongolian allies defeated an army of White Russians.[2]

References

48.4131°N 90.2869°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: АЙМГИЙН ХҮН АМ, НИЙГМИЙН ЗАРИМ ҮЗҮҮЛЭЛТҮҮД. Bayan-ulgii.nso.mn. Mongolian. 31 January 2020.
  2. Book: How Mongolia is really ruled: a political history of the Mongolian People's Republic, 1900-1978. Robert Arthur Rupen. Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University. 1979. 139.