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]
Tolbo District
Толбо сум ᠲᠣᠯᠪᠤᠰᠤᠮᠤ | |
|---|---|
 The mosque in the administrative center of the Tolbo sum | |
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| Country | Mongolia |
| Province | Bayan-Ölgii Province |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,974.69 km2 (1,148.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 3,939 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (UTC + 7) |
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]
References
edit- ^ "АЙМГИЙН ХҮН АМ, НИЙГМИЙН ЗАРИМ ҮЗҮҮЛЭЛТҮҮД" (PDF) (in Mongolian). Bayan-ulgii.nso.mn. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ 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.
48°24′47″N 90°17′13″E / 48.41306°N 90.28694°E
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