 In 1956 it was united with Tarialan, but became separated again in 1959.The local negdel, called Saruul-Amidral and something of a model negdel, was founded in 1958.In 2004, there were roughly 140,000 heads of livestock, among them 49,000 sheep, 73,000 goats, 10,000 cattle and yaks, 8,800 horses, and 46 camels.