Ulaan-Uul, Khövsgöl

District in Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia

Ulaan-Uul District Улаан-Уул сум ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
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

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

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

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

^ 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.