Mankhan, Khovd

Mankhan (Mongolian: Манхан) is a sum (district) of Khovd Province in western Mongolia. It is 80 km away from the city of Khovd.^[1]

Mankhan District Манхан сум ᠮᠠᠩᠬᠠᠨᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
Mankhan District in Khovd Province
Country	Mongolia
Province	Khovd Province
Area
• Total	4,330 km2 (1,670 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (UTC + 7)

It is home to the Khoit Tsenkher Cave, a UNESCO World Heritage Site containing Paleolithic cave paintings. The localities of Ishgent Tolgoi, Khoit Uzuur and Khukh Khad are noted for their petroglyphs.^[2] Lower and Upper Paleolithic tools were unearthed in the sum in the mid 1980s.^[3]

Notable people

• Damdiny Demberel, long-standing member and since 2008 speaker of the State Great Khural, was born in Mankhan.

References

1. Khovd Aimak Statistical Office. 1983-2008 Dynamics Data Sheet Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
2. Damdinsu̇rėngiĭn T︠S︡ėvėėndorzh (2004). Petroglyphs of Javkhlant Mountain. Shinzhlėkh Ukhaany Akademi. p. 112. ISBN 978-99929-61-54-4.
3. Junko Habu; Peter V. Lape; John W. Olsen (2017). Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology. Springer. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-4939-6521-2.

47°25′23″N 92°13′33″E