Tömörbulag is a sum of Khövsgöl aimag. The area is 2,510 km², of which about 1,950 km² are pasture. In 2000, Tömörbulag had a population of 4,174 people, including some Khotgoid. The sum center, officially named Jargalant , is located near the Bügsiin gol river, 75 south of Mörön and 714 km from Ulaanbaatar.

History

The Tömörbulag sum was founded, together with the whole Khövsgöl aimag, in 1931. In 1933, it had 3,000 inhabitants in 880 households, and about 96,000 heads of livestock. In 1956, it became part of Bürentogtokh sum

Bürentogtokh, Khövsgöl

Bürentogtokh is a sum of Khövsgöl aimag . The area is about 3,760 km², of which 2,870 km² are pasture. In 2005, the sum had 4251 inhabitants, mainly Khalkha and Khotgoid...

, but was separated again in 1959. The local Dabshilt negdel

Negdel

Negdel is the common term for the agricultural cooperatives in the Mongolian People's Republic. The full name is Khödöö aj axuin negdel .- Early attempts :...

 was founded in 1934.

Economy

In 2004, there were about 133,000 heads of livestock, among them 76,000 goat

Goat

The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...

s, 44,000 sheep, 6,700 cattle

Cattle

Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...

 and yak

Yak

The yak, Bos grunniens or Bos mutus, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population...

s, 6,200 horse

Horse

The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...

s and 41 camel

Bactrian camel

The Bactrian camel is a large, even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of central Asia. It is presently restricted in the wild to remote regions of the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts of Mongolia and Xinjiang. A small number of wild Bactrian camels still roam the Mangystau Province of southwest...

s. The sum is especially known for a local breed of goats. A coal mine has opened in 1999. As of 2007, the sum center is neither connected to the electric power grid nor to cell phone services.

Literature

M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli, Ulaanbaatar 2001, p. 134f