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SELENGE
Selenge Aimag is Mongolia’s “land
of rivers” with numerous rivers heading north to join
the mighty Selenge river system, the trunk drainage feeding
Lake Baikal. Selenge Aimag covers 41.200 square kilometers
and has 103.000 inhabitants. The administrative center is
Sukhbaatar city, near the confluence of the Selenge and Orkhon
rivers, 626 meters above sea level, 311 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar.
Pine forest
Tujiin Nars is a beautiful pine forest. “Tujiin nars”
means completely covered in forests (with pine). It has enjoyed
state protection since 2002.
 Amarbayasgalant
Monastery
Amarbayasgalant Khiid is a beautiful monastery located north-west
of the centre of Sant Soum in the valley of the Iven River.
The monastery was erected in 1727 – 1736 in memory of
Undur Gegeen Zanabazar, it has been protected in 1943 and
was registered in the world’s cultural heritage by UNESCO
in 1996. There are many different types of tomb.
Ikh Khuree
Ulaanbaatar settled down in center of Sant soum in 1725 –
1729 and of Sant & Khashaat’s boundary, in 1720
– 1721 where the columns were erected there.
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