Sumtiin Elsnii Sumiin Or

Sumtiin belongs to the Dariganga country of eastern Mongolia, a landscape of open grasslands, sandy stretches and volcanic hills. The Dariganga Mongols are associated with the country around Dari Ovoo and Lake Ganga. In the late seventeenth century the Qing brought people from Chahar, Khalkha and Ööled communities to this region to tend the emperor's horses, creating a distinctive population within the eastern steppe.