The center officially named Sharga (Mongolian: Шарга), is located 138 km west of Mörön and 840 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar.

The local negdel, under the name Badral, was founded in 1956.

In 2004, there were roughly 158,000 heads of livestock, among them 81,000 sheep, 61,000 goats, 7,600 cattle and yaks, 8,700 horses, and 640 camels.

In 1976, a Uighur stele was found near the origin of the Tesiin gol river.

M.Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli, Ulaanbaatar 2001, p. 192f