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Thu, 06/13/2013 - 14:17
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Buyan soum is home of various ethnic groups

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Buyant soum of Khovd province is consisting of five bags /smallest administrative unit in countryside/. It is also a home of some ten ethnic groups, for example, Khalkh, Kazakh, Tuva, Uzbek people. A total of 2,958 inhabitants form 764 families, the khalkh and kazakh people account for 71 percent of the population. 577 families live in countryside, while 187--in the soum. A majority of the people are engaged in animal husbandry and farming, some grow watermelons.

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