Tsengel, Bayan-Ölgii

Tsengel (Mongolian: Цэнгэл, Party) is a sum (district) of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia. The capital (sum center) of Tsengel is Khushoot, located in the west of the sum.

The inhabitants are mainly Tuvans, known as Tsengel Tuvans, whereas the rest of Bayan-Ölgii is populated mainly by Kazakhs. The population of the sum in 2008 was 8,348, with 2,028 living in the sum center.^[1]

References

External links

• Review of Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Year in Mongolia, a book by Louisa Waugh, who spent a year there

Sums of Bayan-Ölgii Altai Altantsögts Bayannuur Bugat Bulgan Buyant Delüün Nogoonnuur Ölgii Sagsai Tolbo Tsagaannuur Tsengel Ulaankhus

Coordinates: 48°56′27″N 89°08′18″E / 48.94083°N 89.13833°E / 48.94083; 89.13833