Uvurhangai aimag
Population (thousand): 114Square kilometers (thousand sq. km): 62,9Administrative center: ArvaiheerDistance from UB (km): 430Annual mean temperature (°C): 0,8Annual average precipitation (millimeters): 247,2Annual wind velocity (meters per sec): 3,8Total local herds (million): 1,6


Main Attractions
1. Hugnuhaan (Khugnu Khan) Natural Reserve
The Natural Reserve covers 469.9 sq kilometers of land and has enjoyed the State Protection since 1997. Two or three different natural zones are represented in this area: taiga and steppe zones. This granite mountain has gorgeous look and has significant historical background. For instance, there are a couple of old Mongolian monasteries up in the mountain; one of which has been renovated and is open to public.
2. Elsen Tasarhai
It is incredibly formed sand dunes extending about 80 kilometers not too far from the Hugnuhaan Natural Reserve. Although the sand dune itself is not very big, the formation is magnificent; there are trees growing on the dune and a small lake flowing nearby.
3. Erdenezuu Monastery
It was the first Buddhist monastery in Mongolia, erected on the initiative of Abtai Sain Khan in 1586 on the base of Harhorin (Kharkhorum or Karakorum), the 13th century capital of Mongolia. The monastery has a rectangular shaped perimeter wall of 400 meters each side. There are four gates at each side and 108 stupas around the wall. The current monastery mainly operates as a museum which has unique exhibits such as various Buddhist images and sculptures, religious costumes and musical instruments, and natural drawings from the 17-18th centuries.

4. Harhorin (Kharkhorum or Karakorum)
City ruin. The city was established in 1220 and had been the capital of Mongolia for 140 years and the capital of Mongolian Empire for 32 years. It was destroyed by the soldiers of Ming Dynasty in the 14th century. Because of several reasons, scientists still debate on the real spelling of the city name. The ruin of the city has enjoyed the State protection since 1961 and was registered as a world heritage by UNESCO along with Erdenezuu monastery in 1996. The territory always has been an attraction for scientists from all over the world.

5. Asralt Hairhan Uul (Mountain)

It is the highest peak, 2800 meters above the sea level, of the Hentii mountain range. You can see glacial kar and moraine there. The tributaries of Zaan and Nemeh rivers flow down from the eastern and southern slopes of the mountain. It is reachable by jeep, but with considerable difficulty.

6. Ulaan Tsutgalan Waterfall (Orhonii Hurhree)

The height of the waterfall is 20 meters, and the width is 10 meters. Because there are not many waterfalls in Mongolia, Orhon waterfall has been considered to be one of the most famous destinations of the country regardless of its size. In recent years , due to the climate change and human wrong activities, the water source of the fall has decreased tremendously.

7. Black ruin of Orhon Valley (Har balgas)

It is ruin of the capital of Uighur State from the 9th century. The capital city was built in 751 and had been one of the main passing cities and trade centers of the famous Silk Road. It is considered that Har Balgas and Harhorin were the controllers of the northern part of the Silk Road for 400 years. There are ruins of a castle, fortress, horse barn, storage houses and more in Har Balgas. It was registered as a world heritage by UNESCO in 1996 and has been protected by the State since 1971.

8. Tuvhen hiid (Tuvkhem Monestry)

It was erected in 1654 on flattened ground of the south slope of steep rock with the height of 20 meters and had 14 temples. Zanabazar created a number of his works including the famous Soyombo symbols in this monastery in the 1680s. The remains of the monastery have enjoyed the State protection since 1998 and were registered as a world heritage by UNESCO in 1996. It is hard to reach the monastery special if it is rainy.
9. Shireet Tsagaan Nuur (Lake)
It contains three small lakes that are located on Mongol Els and in the east southern bottom of Ih Mongol Mountain. When Undur Gegeen Zanabazar was first proclaimed as the first Bogd (Head) of Mongolian Buddhist religion in 1639 at the age of five, a palace with yellow girdle was built on the coast of this lake. This palace was the foundation of our capital city Ulaanbaatar. Moreover, the place has characteristics of the Gobi, Hangai and alpine regions; lizards run on the sand, while cuckoo twitters in the bushes and juniper grows in the mountain. The fact that all of these happen only in a small spot, and also our ancestors picked this uncommon spot to establish the capital city is admirable. Undur Gegeen Zanabazar blessed the juniper in Ih Mongol Mountain by himself, and it is said that no other juniper has been sanctified in its growing mountain.