Baatsagaan

Baatsagaan District
Баацагаан сум
ᠪᠠ ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
Baatsagaan District in Bayankhongor Province
Baatsagaan District in Bayankhongor Province
Baatsagaan District is located in Mongolia
Baatsagaan District
Baatsagaan District
Location in Mongolia
Coordinates: 45°33′15″N 99°26′08″E / 45.55417°N 99.43556°E / 45.55417; 99.43556
CountryMongolia
ProvinceBayankhongor Province
Area
 • Total
2,875 sq mi (7,447 km2)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
3,568
 • Density1.2/sq mi (0.48/km2)
Time zoneUTC+8

Baatsagaan (Mongolian: Баацагаан, Baa white) is a sum (district) of Bayankhongor Province in southern Mongolia. The area is 7447 km2, and the population was 3568 in 2006.

The center of this sum is Bayansair village, located 125 km from the administrative center of the province (aimak) - the city of Bayankhongor and 625 km from the capital of the country - Ulaanbaatar. The climate is sharply continental.[1]

Geology

The Böön Tsagaan Lake seated at the center of the district.

References

  1. ^ "Юрий Кручкин «Монголия. Географическая энциклопедия», Улан-Батор, 2009". Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2017-11-05.

45°33′15″N 99°26′08″E / 45.55417°N 99.43556°E / 45.55417; 99.43556


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