Baatsagaan

Baatsagaan (Mongolian: Баацагаан, Baa white) is a sum (district) of Bayankhongor Province in southern Mongolia. The area is 7447 km2, and the population was 3568 in 2006.

Baatsagaan District

Баацагаан сум
ᠪᠠ ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨᠰᠤᠮᠤ
Baatsagaan District
Location in Mongolia
Coordinates: 45°33′15″N 99°26′08″E
Country Mongolia
ProvinceBayankhongor Province
Area
  Total2,875 sq mi (7,447 km2)
Population
 (2006)
  Total3,568
  Density1.2/sq mi (0.48/km2)
Time zoneUTC+8

The center of this sum is Bayansair village, located 125 km from the administrative center of the province (aimak) - the city of Bayankhongor and 625 km from the capital of the country - Ulaanbaatar. The climate is sharply continental.[1]

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