Soum Guide · Dornogovi Aimag
Dalanjargalan
A railway soum of Dornogovi on the Trans-Mongolian line, sharing Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, home of the argali.
- Aimag
- Dornogovi
- Population (2025)
- 2,766
- In Mongolian
- Даланжаргалан сум
Overview
Dalanjargalan covers about 4,100 km² of Dornogovi. Its centre is Olon Ovoo station on the Trans-Mongolian Railway between Ulaanbaatar and Beijing, and it has five bags: Bichigt, Eldev, Olon-Ovoo, Tsomog and Ungut. The Eldev coal mine lies 21 km north of the centre, and there is an abandoned Soviet air force base.
Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, created in 1996, spans Dalanjargalan and Airag soums. Its rock outcrops and ravines shelter the rare argali wild sheep, Siberian ibex, gazelles and 125 bird species, including vultures.
What to See
- Ikh Nart Nature Reserve and its argali
- The Trans-Mongolian Railway at Olon Ovoo
Visiting
- Reachable by train on the Trans-Mongolian line; Ikh Nart is about 300 km southeast of Ulaanbaatar.
- Visit the reserve with a local guide, as there are old abandoned mines in it.
Also in Dornogovi