Baatsagaan

Baatsagaan District
Баацагаан сум
ᠪᠠ ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨᠰᠤᠮᠤ
Baatsagaan District in Bayankhongor Province
Baatsagaan District
Location in Mongolia
Coordinates: 45°33′15″N 99°26′08″E / 45.55417°N 99.43556°E / 45.55417; 99.43556
CountryMongolia
ProvinceBayankhongor Province
Area
  Total
2,875 sq mi (7,447 km2)
Population
 (2006)
  Total
3,568
  Density1.2/sq mi (0.48/km2)
Time zoneUTC+8

Baatsagaan (Mongolian: Баацагаан, Baa white) is a sum (district) of Bayankhongor Province in southern Mongolia. Its area is 7,447 km2, and its population was 3,568 people in 2006.

The center of Baatsagaan is Bayansair village, located 125 km from the administrative center of the province (aimak), the city of Bayankhongor and 625 km from the national capital Ulaanbaatar. The climate is sharply continental.