Hatgal village. Khuvsgul aimag.
THE REGIONS OF MONGOLIA
KHUVSGUL AIMAG.
HATGAL
Khatgal (Mongolian: Хатгал) is a village in Mongolia on the southern tip of Lake Khovsgol. Khatgal has an airstrip and a small port,
plus a school and a post / telecom office. There is a wooden bridge nearby over the Eg River.
Khatgal was founded in 1727 as a camp of the Mongolian watch post system. By 1910, a small settlement had formed,
mainly through trade with Russia. In 1914 a telegraph connection was established from the Russian border town of Mondy
to Uliastai via Khatgal, and in 1921, about 150 Russian settlers lived in Khatgal.
In the same year, Khatgal became an administrative center in the region. In 1931 it became the center of the newly established
Khovsgol Aimag, but shortly afterwards in 1933 the administration moved to Moron.
The town had about 7000 inhabitants and a power plant in 1990, but the dry-up of transport routes and the closure of a local
wool factory have led to high migration rates, leaving only 3,756 inhabitants in 1994 and 2,498 inhabitants in the 2000 census.
The latest official population estimate is 2,796 (December 31, 2006). Khatgal also lost its status as a town and is now
administratively part of the Alag-Erdene Sum. In 2007, Khatgal was connected to the Mongolian central power grid
and to cell phone services.
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