Tsagaannuur, Bayan-Ölgii

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Tsagaannuur District
Цагааннуур сум
ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
Tsagaannuur District
Location in Mongolia
Coordinates: 49°30′25″N 89°43′53″E / 49.50694°N 89.73139°E / 49.50694; 89.73139
Country Mongolia
Province Bayan-Ölgii
Population (2008)
  District 1,452
  Metro 1,184
Time zone UTC+7
Tsagaannuur (Mongolian: Цагааннуур, white lake) is a sum (district) of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia. It is primarily inhabited by ethnic Kazakhs.

The administrative center of the Tsagaannuur sum is the starting point of a road to Russia, which is an important trade connection for the region and the Aimag capital Ölgii.

Coordinates: 49°30′25″N 89°43′52″E / 49.50694°N 89.73111°E / 49.50694; 89.73111


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