Tarialan, Khövsgöl


Tarialan is a sum of Khövsgöl aimag. The area is, of which are pasture and are arable land.
In 2007, Tarialan had a population of 5,855 people. The sum center, officially named Badrakh, in 2007 had 2,981 inhabitants and was the 2nd most populous settlement in the aimag after its capital. The sum center is located east of Mörön and from Ulaanbaatar.

History

The Tarialian sum was founded, together with the whole Khövsgöl aimag, in 1931. In 1933, it had 3,000 inhabitants in 908 households, and about 50,000 heads of livestock. In 1937, it became seat of a hay production base, which was expanded to a tractor base in 1938. The base became a state farm in 1943.

Climate

Tarialan has a subarctic climate bordering on a humid continental climate with mild summers and severely cold winters. Most precipitation falls in the summer as rain, with some snow in the adjacent months of May and September. Winters are very dry.

Economy

Arable farming is the basis of the sum economy, so population is dominantly settled in the sum centre.
Minor part of the sum population is pastoral nomadic or seminomadic.
In 2007, there were about 153,000 heads of livestock, among them 69,000 goats, 59,000 sheep, 17,000 cattle and yaks, 8,000 horses and 23 camels.

Miscellaneous

The place where Baron Ungern was captured in August 1921 is today on the border between Tarialan and Teshig sum of Bulgan aimag.

Literature

M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli, Ulaanbaatar 2001, p. 129f