The sum center, officially named Badrakh (Mongolian: Бадрах), in 2007 had 2,981 inhabitants and was the 2nd most populous settlement in the aimag after its capital.

Most precipitation falls in the summer as rain, with some snow in the adjacent months of May and September.

Minor part of the sum population is pastoral nomadic or seminomadic.

In 2007, there were about 153,000 heads of livestock, among them 69,000 goats, 59,000 sheep, 17,000 cattle and yaks, 8,000 horses and 23 camels.

[3] The place where Baron Ungern was captured in August 1921 is today on the border between Tarialan and Teshig sum of Bulgan aimag.