Tsetserleg (Цэцэрлэг)
City
Lama monastery in Tsetserleg
Name origin: Mongolian: Цэцэрлэг = garden
Country	Mongolia
Aimag	Arkhangai
Coordinates	47°28′37″N 101°27′01″E / 47.47694°N 101.45028°E / 47.47694; 101.45028
Population	16,300 (2006)
Founded	~1680
Timezone	UTC+8
Area code	+976 (0)133
License plate	АР_ ( _ variable)
Location of Tsetserleg in Mongolia

Tsetserleg (Mongolian: Цэцэрлэг, garden) is the capital of Arkhangai Aimag (province) in Mongolia. It lies on the northeastern slopes of the Khangai Mountains, 360 miles (600 km) southwest of Ulan Bator. It has a population of 16,553 (2000 census, with Erdenebulgan sum rural territories population was 18,519), 16,618 (2003 est.), 16,300 (2006 est.)^[1].

Tsetserleg is geographically located in the Bulgan sum in the south of the aimag. It is not to be confused with Tsetserleg sum in the north. In 1992 Tsetserleg was designated as Erdenebulgan sum, which has area of 536 km².

[edit] History

Tsetserleg is an ancient cultural and commercial centre. It was once the seat of a monastery, built by the First Khalkh Zaya Pandita, Luvsanperenlei (1642–1715) (who should not be confused with Zaya Pandita Namkhaijantsan (1599–1662)). This consisted of the main Guden Süm, the Right, or Summer Semchin Temple, and the Left, or Winter Semchin Temple, all built in the early 1680s. The sixth Zaya Pandita, Jambatseren, was killed by the Communists in 1932, and the main Guden temple was turned into a museum. There is a seventh Zaya Pandita, but he mostly lives in Ulan Bator, and visits only occasionally.

[edit] Facilities

Tsetserleg has an airport, with regular connections from and to Ulan Bator, a theatre, hotel, hospital, and an agricultural college. The main industry is food processing.

Market in Tsetserleg

[edit] Famous people

• Maidarzhavyn Ganzorig

[edit] References

1. ^ Rural Powerty Reduction Programme

• Don Croner's World Wide Wanders: Tsetserleg
• "Tsetserleg" Encyclopædia Britannica
• Mongolia City Development Strategies for Secondary Cities[1]