Khongor, Darkhan-Uul

Khongor District

Хонгор сум
ᠬᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠤᠷᠰᠤᠮᠤ
Khongor District Хонгор сум; ᠬᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠤᠷᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
	Garden in Khongor soum, once fertile and populated before the environmental catastrophe
Country	Mongolia
Province	Darkhan-Uul Province
Area
• Total	2,533 km2 (978 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (UTC + 8)
Climate	Dwb

Khongor (Mongolian: Хонгор, soft or sweetheart) is a sum (district) of Darkhan-Uul Province in northern Mongolia. The sum center has railway station on the Ulan-Ude - Ulan Bator - Beijing line. The most important railway station is 13 km south of the sum center, where at Salkhit settlement Salkhit - Erdenet line starts.

In 2007, Khongor was the scene of an apparently massive contamination case that involved sodium cyanide and mercury compounds, materials used for small-scale gold mining. The case aroused considerable attention in the national media, and it was even discussed to relocate the settlement.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ pressreviewmongolia.com: This is a disaster that nobody can fully recognize right now...^{[permanent dead link]}
^ UBPost: Khongor Pollution Levels Acceptable: WHO

Coordinates: 49°18′26″N 105°56′11″E / 49.30722°N 105.93639°E / 49.30722; 105.93639

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[1] ressreviewmongolia.com: This is a disaster that nobody can fully recognize right now...^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] UBPost: Khongor Pollution Levels Acceptable: WHO

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