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Also trade fairs are becoming more and more<br />

popular. In the western aimags “green”<br />

vegetables fairs have been conducted and some<br />

of the cooperatives have taken part in fairs as<br />

far as Ulaanbaatar. The distances from Khovd<br />

aimag center to the other aimag centers of the<br />

Western Region are as follows: Bayan Ulgii:<br />

222 km, Uvs: 243 km, Govi-Altai: 450 km,<br />

Zavkhan: 503 km. Due to the long distance to<br />

Ulaanbaatar (almost 1,500 km), only a<br />

Photo by J. Hartwig, October 2006<br />

Photo 19: Trade fair “Golden Autumn” in<br />

Ulaanbaatar<br />

relatively small share of the harvest is sold to the capital city. Sometimes melons from the<br />

Buyant River Delta or apples are being transported to Ulaanbaatar and students bring along<br />

crops and sell them to finance their tuition fees.<br />

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