Baatsagaan
District in Bayankhongor Province, Mongolia
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Baatsagaan (Mongolian: Баацагаан, Baatsagaan) is a sum (district) of Bayankhongor Province in southern Mongolia. Its area is 7,447 km2, and its population was 3,568 people in 2006.
Baatsagaan District
Баацагаан сум ᠪᠠ ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨᠰᠤᠮᠤ | |
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Baatsagaan District in Bayankhongor Province | |
  Baatsagaan District Location in Mongolia | |
| Coordinates: 45°33′15″N 99°26′08″E | |
| Country | Mongolia |
| Province | Bayankhongor Province |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,875 sq mi (7,447 km2) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 3,568 |
| • Density | 1.2/sq mi (0.48/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 |
The center of Baatsagaan is Bayansair village, located 125 km from the administrative center of the province (aimak), the city of Bayankhongor and 625 km from the national capital Ulaanbaatar. The climate is sharply continental.[1]
Geology
The Böön Tsagaan Lake seated at the center of the district.
Administrative divisions
Notable natives
- Gombojavyn Zandanshatar, prime minister of Mongolia
