Tolbo (Mongolian: Толбо, Stain) is a sum (district) of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia. It is primarily inhabited by ethnic Kazakhs. As of 2014 it had a population of 3939 people.[1]

A large saline lake, Tolbo Lake, is located in the district, just north of the sum center. The lake was the site of the Battle of Tolbo Lake (1921) during the Russian Civil War where Bolsheviks and Mongolian allies defeated an army of White Russians.[2]

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into six bags, which are:[3]

  • Buraat
  • Duruu Nuur
  • Khongor Ulun
  • Khosh
  • Khukh Tolgoi
  • Tolbo Nuur

References

  1. ^ "АЙМГИЙН ХҮН АМ, НИЙГМИЙН ЗАРИМ ҮЗҮҮЛЭЛТҮҮД" (PDF) (in Mongolian). Bayan-ulgii.nso.mn. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ Robert Arthur Rupen (1979). How Mongolia is really ruled: a political history of the Mongolian People's Republic, 1900-1978. Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University. p. 139.
  3. ^ "Resident Population in Mongolia, by Bag/Khoroo". Mongolian Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 28 February 2025.

48°24′47″N 90°17′13″E / 48.41306°N 90.28694°E / 48.41306; 90.28694


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolbo
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