Tsengel, Bayan-Ölgii

Tsengel (Цэнгэл, bright; Ак-Саян, white-Sayan ) is a sum (district) of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia. The capital (sum center) of Tsengel is Khushoot, located in the west of the sum.

The inhabitants are mainly Tuvans, known as Tsengel Tuvans, whereas the rest of Bayan-Ölgii is populated mainly by  Kazakhs. As of 2014 it had a population of 8744 people.