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Encyclopedia Britannica



KOBDO

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 884 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KHA-KRI
KOBDO , a town of the Chinese Empire, in north-west Mongolia, at the northern foot of the Mongolian Altai, on the right bank of the Buyantu River, 13 M. from its entrance into Lake Khara-usu; 500 M. E.S.E. of Biysk (Russian), and 470 M. W. of Ulyasutai. It is situated amidst a dreary plain, and consists of a fortress, the residence of the
governor
  of the Kobdo
district
 , and a small trading town, chiefly peopled by Chinese and a few Mongols. It is, however, an important centre for
trade
  between the cattle-breeding nomads and Peking. It was founded b'y the Chinese in 1731, and pillaged by the Mussulmans in 1872. The
district
  of KOBDO occupies the north-western corner of Mongolia, and is peopled chiefly by Mongols, and also by Kirghiz and a few Soyotes, Uryankhes and Khotons. It is governed by a Chinese
commissioner
 , who has under him a
special
  Mongol functionary (Mongol, dzurgan). The
chief
  monastery is at Ulangom. Considerable numbers of sheep (about. 1,000,0oo), sheepskins, sheep and camel wool are exported to China, while Chinese cottons, brick tea and various small goods are imported. Leather, velveteen,
cotton
 , iron and copper goods boxes, &c., are imported from
Russia
  in exchange for cattle, furs and wool. The absence of a cart road to Biysk hinders the development of this
trade
 .


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