Mankhan, Khovd

Mankhan District
Mankhan District ; Манхан сум; ᠮᠠᠩᠬᠠᠨᠰᠤᠮᠤ
	District
Country	Mongolia
Province	Khovd Province
Time zone	UTC+7 (UTC + 7)

Mankhan (Mongolian: Манхан) is a sum (district) of Khovd Province in western Mongolia.

It is home to the Khoit Tsenkher Cave, a UNESCO World Heritage site containing Paleolithic cave paintings. The localities of Ishgent Tolgoi, Khoit Uzuur and Khukh Khad are noted for their petroglyphs.[1] Lower and Upper Paleolithic tools were unearthed in the sum in the mid 1980s.[2]

Notable people

Damdiny Demberel, long-standing member and since 2008 speaker of the State Great Khural, was born in Mankhan.

References

Damdinsu̇rėngiĭn T︠S︡ėvėėndorzh (2004). "Petroglyphs of Javkhlant Mountain". Shinzhlėkh Ukhaany Akademi. p. 112.
Junko Habu, Peter V. Lape, John W. Olsen (2017). Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology. Springer. p. 297. ISBN 9781493965212.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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[1] Damdinsu̇rėngiĭn T︠S︡ėvėėndorzh (2004). "Petroglyphs of Javkhlant Mountain". Shinzhlėkh Ukhaany Akademi. p. 112.

[2] Junko Habu, Peter V. Lape, John W. Olsen (2017). Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology. Springer. p. 297. ISBN 9781493965212.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)