Tsengel District | |
Native Name: | Цэнгэл 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: | 6,463.17 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Total: | 8744 |
Timezone: | UTC + 7 |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Tsengel (Mongolian: Цэнгэл, bright; Tuvinian: Ак-Саян, white-Sayan[1]) is a sum (district) of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia. The capital (sum center) of Tsengel is Khushoot, located in the west of the sum.
The inhabitants are mainly Tuvans, known as Tsengel Tuvans, whereas the rest of Bayan-Ölgii is populated mainly by Kazakhs. As of 2014 it had a population of 8744 people.[2]