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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 884 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KOBDO , a See also:

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

The See also:

absence of a See also:cart road to Biysk hinders the development of this trade.

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