Mongolia, land of the Nine White Banners

Есөн хөлт цагаан туг - Yesön khölt tsagaan tug

The Nine White Banners

Since Chinggis Khaan raised them in 1206, the Nine White Banners (Есөн хөлт цагаан туг) have stood for the Mongolian state at peace: nine standards of white horsehair, the great one at the centre guarded by eight. Nine is the sacred number, and white is the colour of peace - in war the state raised the black banner instead. Today the banners are kept in the Government Palace in Ulaanbaatar and carried out with honour to open Naadam. Manai Ger begins with them out of respect: everything sold here comes from the land and the know-how they watch over.

The 22 territories

Tap a district to meet its land, its knowledge and its producing families.

Administrative boundaries: geoBoundaries.org (ODbL)

UlaanbaatarУлаанбаатар

Capital

Urban pickup-point networkFood markets and processing

5 producing families · 6 pickup points

ArkhangaiАрхангай

Aimag centre: Tsetserleg

Airag (fermented mare's milk)Yak dairy

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

Bayan-ÖlgiiБаян-Өлгий

Aimag centre: Ölgii

Kazakh embroidery and felt craftAltai mountain herding

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

BayankhongorБаянхонгор

Aimag centre: Bayankhongor

CashmereCamel wool

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

BulganБулган

Aimag centre: Bulgan

Pasture-raised meatWheat and fodder crops

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

Darkhan-UulДархан-Уул

Aimag centre: Darkhan

Flour and cerealsDairy processing

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

DornodДорнод

Aimag centre: Choibalsan

Eastern steppe beefSheep herding

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

DornogoviДорноговь

Aimag centre: Sainshand

Camel woolCashmere

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

DundgoviДундговь

Aimag centre: Mandalgovi

Goat cashmereGobi horse herding

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

Govi-AltaiГовь-Алтай

Aimag centre: Altai

Fine cashmereCamel herding

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

GovisümberГовьсүмбэр

Aimag centre: Choir

Sheep and goat herdingRail crossroads to the south

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

KhentiiХэнтий

Aimag centre: Chinggis

Cattle and dairyWild berries

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

KhovdХовд

Aimag centre: Khovd

Watermelons and vegetablesAltai herding

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

KhövsgölХөвсгөл

Aimag centre: Mörön

Yak dairyLake fish

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

ÖmnögoviӨмнөговь

Aimag centre: Dalanzadgad

Bactrian camel woolKhoormog (fermented camel milk)

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

OrkhonОрхон

Aimag centre: Erdenet

Wool carpetsPeri-urban dairy and vegetables

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

ÖvörkhangaiӨвөрхангай

Aimag centre: Arvaikheer

Airag of the Orkhon valleyHorse breeding

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

SelengeСэлэнгэ

Aimag centre: Sükhbaatar

Wheat and flourHoney

2 producing families · 0 pickup points

SükhbaatarСүхбаатар

Aimag centre: Baruun-Urt

Üzemchin sheepWool

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

TövТөв

Aimag centre: Zuunmod

Market vegetablesPotatoes

6 producing families · 0 pickup points

UvsУвс

Aimag centre: Ulaangom

Sea buckthorn (chatsargana)Lake basin herding

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

ZavkhanЗавхан

Aimag centre: Uliastai

Highland sheepYak products

1 producing families · 0 pickup points

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