Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl
District in Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia
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Tosontsengel (Mongolian: Тосонцэнгэл) is a sum of Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia. The area is 2,050 km2, of which 1,800 km2 are pasture and 11 km2 are farmland. In 2000, Tosontsengel had a population of 4,161 people, including some Khotgoid. The sum center, officially named Tsengel (Mongolian: Цэнгэл), is located 64 km east-southeast of Mörön and 607 km from Ulaanbaatar.
History
The Tosontsengel sum was founded, together with the whole Khövsgöl aimag, in 1931. In 1933, it had 3,100 inhabitants in 842 households, and about 99,000 heads of livestock.
In 1956, the local Ardyn Zorig (people's courage) negdel was founded.
On 19 December 2001, a worldwide record high barometric pressure of 1,085.6 hectopascals (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel.[citation needed]