Khanbogd ( mn, Ханбогд, Hanbogd, ) is a sum (district) of

Ömnögovi Province Ömnögovi ( mn, Өмнөговь ''Ömnögovǐ'', ''South Gobi'') is an aimag (province) of Mongolia, located in the south of the country, in the Gobi Desert. Ömnögovi is Mongolia's largest aimag. The capital is Dalanzadgad. The province is ...

in southern Mongolia. Khanbogd is the site of the

Oyu Tolgoi mine The Oyu Tolgoi mine, also ( mn, Оюутолгой, ; "Turquoise Hill"), is a combined open pit and underground mining project in Khanbogd sum within the south Gobi Desert, approximately east of the Ömnögovi Province capital Dalanzadgad ...

, which is from the sum centre. In 2009, its population was 3,154.Ömnögovi Aimag Statistical Office
Khanbogd is also home to Demchigiin Khiid ( mn, Дэмчигййн Хийдийн), a monastery built by

Danzan Ravjaa Dulduityn Danzanravjaa (1803–1856, mn, Дулдуйтын Данзанравжаа) was a prominent Mongolian writer, composer, painter, Buddhist scholar, physician and the fifth Noyon Khutagt, the Lama of the Gobi. His name is a Mongolian ada ...

. The monastery was destroyed in 1937, but has since been rebuilt by funds from the company that operates the Oyu Tolgoi mine. The Khanbumbat Airport, located in Khanbogd, opened in February 2013.

Climate

Khanbogd has a cold desert climate (

Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...

''BWk'').

References

Districts of Ömnögovi Province {{Mongolia-geo-stub