Sharyngol (Mongolian: Шарынгол; ᠱᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠣᠤᠯ) is a sum (district) of Darkhan-Uul Province in northern Mongolia.

[1] Sharyngol is the second most populated city in the Darkhan-Uul Province after the capital Darkhan (city)[2] Sharyngol has had a coal mine for almost half a century.

This is probably the most famous thing about Sharyngol; it has tens of stock images and appears on many news reporting websites.

The Soviet influence is pretty noticeable in the buildings, cars, and heavy Cyrillic usage.

[6] situated in the north of Mongolia,  the terrain in Sharyngol is largely surrounded by mountains; in the south of the Darkhan-Uul Province, it is located 218 km (135 miles) from the capital Ulaanbaatar.