Saikhan, Bulgan
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Saikhan is a sum (district) of Bulgan Province
in northern Mongolia
. Saikhan-Ovoo
coal mine and settlement is 25 kn NW from the sum centre.
Judoka Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar
, Mongolia's first Olympic gold medalist, hails from Saikhan.
Bulgan Province
Bulgan is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia, located in northern Mongolia. Its capital is also named Bulgan.- Geography :The aimag is surrounded by the aimags Khövsgöl in the northwest, Arkhangai in the southwest, Övörkhangai in the south, Töv in the southeast, and Selenge in the northeast...
in northern Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
. Saikhan-Ovoo
Saikhan-Ovoo
Saikhan-Ovoo is an urban-type settlement or village in Saikhan sum of Bulgan Province in northern Mongolia.Saikhan-Ovoo population is 500 .- Geography :...
coal mine and settlement is 25 kn NW from the sum centre.
Judoka Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar
Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar
Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar is a Mongolian judoka.At the 2006 Asian Games he finished in joint fifth place in both the heavyweight division and the open weight class division....
, Mongolia's first Olympic gold medalist, hails from Saikhan.