Khongor District
Хонгор сум ᠬᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠤᠷᠰᠤᠮᠤ | |
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 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]
On 24 July 1999, Khongor recorded a temperature of 44.0 °C (111.2 °F), which is the highest temperature that has ever been recorded in Mongolia.[3]
