Guchin-Us, Övörkhangai

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Guchin-Us District Гучин-Ус сум ᠭᠤᠴᠢᠨᠤᠰᠤᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
General view of Arguut
Country	Mongolia
Province	Övörkhangai Province
Time zone	UTC + 8 (UTC+8)

Center of Arguut

Rock paintings

Guchin-Us (Mongolian: Гучин-Ус, Thirty water) is a sum (district) of Övörkhangai Province in southern Mongolia. It had an estimated 2,260 inhabitants in 2008.^[1]

The town of Arguut, 104 km from the Province capital Arvaikheer, is the administrative center of the sum, but mostly it is called "Guchin Us" as well.^[2]

There are several prehistoric rock paintings and buddhist inscriptions in the nordeast of the town, close to the unpaved road to Arvaikheer.

References

↑ Övörkhangai Aimag Sums Statistics, 2009
↑ Werner Elstner: Mongolei, p.162. Berlin 1993

v t e Sums of Övörkhangai

Arvaikheer Baruun Bayan-Ulaan Bat-Ölzii Bayan-Öndör Bayangol Bogd Bürd Guchin-Us Kharkhorin Khairkhandulaan Khujirt Nariinteel Ölziit Sant Taragt Tögrög Uyanga Yesönzüil Züünbayan-Ulaan

Coordinates: 45°27′42″N 102°25′27″E / 45.46167°N 102.42417°E / 45.46167; 102.42417

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