Khashaat

Khashaat District Хашаат сум ᠬᠠᠰᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᠲᠤᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
Khashaat District in Arkhangai Province
Country	Mongolia
Province	Arkhangai Province
Area
• Total	2,600 km^2 (1,000 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (UTC + 8)

Khashaat (Mongolian: Хашаат, "fenced") is a sum (district) of Arkhangai Province in central Mongolia. The economy is based on herding. Khashaat is primarily known for several monuments left by an ancient Turkic empire. Khashaat's terrain is steppe, with no woodland, unlike many other sums in Arkhangai. In 2009, its population was 3,344[1]

Geography

The sum is located at the eastern most part of the province.

Tourist attractions

• Göktürk Museum

References

1. . On july 26th, 2014, a stovepipe EF4 took place not so far out of the district, it killed some livestock in the area.Dec. 31 2009 estimation. Arkhangai Aimag Statistical Service Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

47°27′05″N 103°09′04″E