Tarialan, Uvs

Tarialan District Тариалан сум ᠲᠠᠷᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᠯᠠᠩᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
Country	Mongolia
Province	Uvs Province
Time zone	UTC + 7 (UTC+7)

Tarialan (Mongolian: Тариалан, field) is a sum (district) of Uvs Province in western Mongolia.

It is the closest sum to Ulaangom, only about 30 km away from the provincial capital. The center of the sum is on Kharkhiraa river coming out of the Kharkhiraa mountain.

It is home to the Khoton speakers of the Oirat language. The Khoton practice a syncretic religion incorporating elements from Buddhism, Islam, and Tengri shamanism.

District of Uvs

Baruunturuun Bökhmörön Davst Khovd Khyargas Malchin Naranbulag Ölgii Ömnögovi Öndörkhangai Sagil Tarialan Tes Tsagaankhairkhan Türgen Ulaangom (city) Zavkhan Züüngovi Züünkhangai

Coordinates: 49°46′50″N 91°54′08″E / 49.78056°N 91.90222°E / 49.78056; 91.90222

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