Mankhan, Khovd
District in Khovd Province, Mongolia
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Mankhan (Mongolian: Манхан) is a sum (district) of Khovd Province in western Mongolia. It is 80 km away from the city of Khovd.[1]
It is home to the Khoit Tsenkher Cave, a UNESCO World Heritage Site containing Paleolithic cave paintings. The localities of Ishgent Tolgoi, Khoit Uzuur and Khukh Khad are noted for their petroglyphs.[2] Lower and Upper Paleolithic tools were unearthed in the sum in the mid 1980s.[3]
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Notable people
- Damdiny Demberel, long-standing member and since 2008 speaker of the State Great Khural
