 In 2000, the sum had 2140 inhabitants.The center, officially named "Turt" (), is situated on the shore of Lake Khövsgöl, 280 km north of Mörön, 1020 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar, and 22 km from the Khankh/Mondy border crossing to Russia.The Khankh sum was founded, together with the whole Khövsgöl aimag, in 1931.