Turgen

Turgen

Province: Uvs province
Centre of sum: Turgen, 34 km located from Ulaangom
Population: 2'016
Area: 215 km2

Turgen is a sum that is located in the western part of Uvs province. 1925 Established.

Turgen sum has 526 households with 215 thousand hectare land, with population of 2016 and 107 thousand livestock, 1370 km from Ulaanbaatar, 34 km from province center and 15,611 ha forest connected by 32 km black road. In the forest steppe zone. Sum citizens are mainly engaged in animal husbandry and crop production. Herders move throughout the four seasons. The Turgen Mountain SPA includes 116831 hectares of natural landscapes.