Argalant

{{Short description|District in Töv, Mongolia}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Argalant District |native_name = Аргалант сум<br>{{lower|0.2em|{{MongolUnicode|ᠠᠷᠭᠠᠯᠠᠩᠲᠤ}}{{MongolUnicode|ᠰᠤᠮᠤ}}}} |native_name_lang = mn |settlement_type = [[Districts of Mongolia|District]] |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Tov Argalant sum map.PNG |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_name = [[Mongolia]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Mongolia|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Töv Province]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |seat_type = |seat = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_mi2 = |timezone = UTC + 8 |utc_offset = +8 |latd=|latm=|lats=|latNS= |longd=|longm=|longs= |longEW= |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = +976 (0) 2742 |website = |footnotes = }}'''Argalant''' ({{langx|mn|Аргалант}}) is a [[Sums of Mongolia|sum]] in [[Mongolia]]'s [[Töv Province]], just west of [[Ulaanbaatar]]. The area is 1210 square kilometres, of which about 160 square kilometres are farmland and 940 square kilometres are pasture. In 2005, the sum had 1892 inhabitants in 387 households.<ref>[http://202.131.5.91/webs/aimags/14/my%20webs/Hunam.pdf Aimag statistical office] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528115549/http://202.131.5.91/webs/aimags/14/my%20webs/Hunam.pdf |date=May 28, 2008 }} (in Mongolian)</ref> Distance from sum center to Ulaanbaatar<ref>more precisely, to [[Sükhbaatar Square]]</ref> is 82 km. The sum was founded in 1977, in the first year of Mongolia's second [[Virgin Soils]] campaign.

==Administrative divisions== The district is divided into two [[bags of Mongolia|bags]], which are:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.1212.mn/tablesdata1212.aspx?tbl_id=dt_nso_0300_004v5&ln=en|title=Resident Population in Mongolia, by Bag/Khoroo|website=Mongolian Statistical Information Service|access-date=28 February 2025}}</ref> * Argaliin Uul * Khushuut

==Economy and Livestock== Main sectors of the economy are livestock herding, farming, trade and tourism. In 2004, the sum housed roughly 44,000 heads of livestock, including 18,000 [[goat]]s, 20,000 [[sheep]], 2,200 heads of [[cattle]], 4,000 [[horse]]s and 6 [[Bactrian camel|camels]].<ref>[http://202.131.5.91/mal_tool/livestock2004.pdf National Statistical Office: Livestock count 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615003152/http://202.131.5.91/mal_tool/livestock2004.pdf |date=June 15, 2007 }}, p. 109 (in Mongolian)</ref>

==References== [http://www.tuv.gov.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=33 Töv Aimag official website]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{reflist}}

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[[Category:Districts of Töv Province]]