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Tosontsengel
ℹ️Practical info — Tosontsengel
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🌤 Weather — 5 days
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💡 Tips
- Prepare for extreme cold; Tosontsengel is known as one of the coldest inhabited places in Mongolia.
- Buy local wooden products, as the town is a major hub for wood processing and crafts.
- Use the town as a strategic junction for traveling deeper into the Zavkhan province.
- In summer, be aware of insects in the larch forests and carry repellent.
- Visit the local museum to learn about the unique wildlife of the Tarvagatai Mountains.
🍽 Food
Taste fresh berries gathered from the surrounding larch forests in late summer.
In this cold region, nutritious horse meat is a popular and common specialty.
Try the surprisingly good pizza found in the small cafes in the town center.
🛍 Shopping · 🧘 Quiet spots
Look for handcrafted bowls and furniture made from local larch wood.
Tosontsengel is a trading hub for high-quality silk fabrics from the region.
Buy dried mushrooms and herbs collected in the nearby mountains.
Enjoy the peace on the banks of the Ider River as it flows through the town.
Walk through the fragrant forests on the outskirts for a quiet retreat into nature.
Explore the gentle mountain slopes for a wide view into the wilderness.
Water temperature…
Tosontsengel sits at 1,724 metres above sea level in the valley of the Idermörön River in the northern Khangai Mountains of Zavkhan Province and ranks among the coldest permanently inhabited places on Earth. The town has roughly 12,000 inhabitants and recorded a low of minus 53.7 degrees Celsius on 1 January 1973, one of the lowest temperatures ever measured in a Mongolian settlement. In summer, however, temperatures can climb above 30 degrees, giving an annual range close to 85 degrees. The surrounding country is dominated by extensive Siberian larch forests covering up to 60 percent of the province. Timber processing and sawmills are accordingly the leading industries alongside livestock herding. Tosontsengel has a small airport with seasonal flights to Ulaanbaatar. Permafrost underlies the entire area, requiring specialised engineering for building foundations and complicating the local water supply throughout the year.
- Location: Mongolia
- Top sights: Tosontsengel, Zavkhan · Toson Thermal Power Plant
- Nearby: Sangiin Dalai Lake (79 km)
- Population: ~9.526 (2013)
Best time to visit & climate
The most pleasant time to visit is Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °C | -23 | -20 | -11 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | -3 | -12 | -20 |
| Rain mm | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 49 | 69 | 65 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 7 |
Geography
Facts
- Bevölkerung rund 12.000 Einwohner
- Auf 1.724 Metern Höhe im Idermörön-Tal
- Tiefstwert minus 53,7 Grad am 1. Januar 1973
- Temperaturspanne von rund 85 Grad zwischen Sommer und Winter
- Sibirische Lärchenwälder bedecken bis 60 Prozent der Provinz
- Holzverarbeitung und Sägewerke als Hauptindustrie
- Permafrost prägt den Untergrund der Region
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