Argalant
{{Short description|District in Töv, Mongolia}}
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|native_name = Аргалант сум
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}}Argalant ({{langx|mn|Аргалант}}) is a 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.[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) Distance from sum center to Ulaanbaatarmore precisely, to Sükhbaatar Square 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, which are:{{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}}
- 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 goats, 20,000 sheep, 2,200 heads of cattle, 4,000 horses and 6 camels.[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)
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 }}
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{{Districts of Töv}}
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