Khalkhgol
sum (district) of Dornod Province in eastern Mongolia
Khalkhgol (Mongolian: Халхгол, meaning Khalkha river) is a sum (district) of Dornod Province in eastern Mongolia. There are 3,203 people in the sum, including 1,756 in the sum center. The area of the sum is 28,093 km2, with a population density of 0.11 people/km2.
History
In 2018, the district received an €8 million donation from Russia to redevelop the district center. In 2019, the redevelopment project was completed, which consists of the governor's office, cultural center, hospital, secondary school and its students dormitory, kindergarten and a sport hall.
Geography
Khalkhgol is the largest district in Mongolia by land area. It is the easternmost district in both Dornod Province, and Mongolia as a whole.
Geology
Buir Lake
Climate
Khalkhgol has a continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with warm summers and severely cold winters. Most precipitation falls in the summer as rain, with some snow in autumn and spring. Winters are quite dry, with occasional light snow.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Khalkhgol” as sum (district) of Dornod Province in eastern Mongolia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as sum (district) of Dornod Province in eastern Mongolia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q384528. Authority coordinates are 47.631, 118.618. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2018 and 2019.
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