The Gobi-Altai aimak is one of the biggest aimaks of Mongolia with 18 administrative units and 63.4 thousand population. It is located in the 141,4 thousand square kilometers field, 721-4226 meters above the sea level.
The aimak has total livestock of 1539,6 thousand including 24,5 thousand camels, 47,2 thousand horses, 24,8 thousand cattles, 482,5 thousand sheep and 960,6 thousand goats.
          We produce 200,0 thousand pieces of goatskin, 180,0 thousand sheep skin, 8,0 thousand cattle skin, 15,0 thousand horse skin, 5,0 thousand camel skin and 8,0 tones of cattle hair and 12,0 tones of cotton hair, 170,0 tones of goat hair, 302,0 tones of cashmere, 750,0 tones of sheep wool and 130,0 tones of camel wool annually.
          Throughout the aimak, we are growing wheat, potatoes and other vegetables in 1600 hectares field with irrigation and collect averagely 900 tones of wheat and 2500 tones of vegetables per year.
          In the industrial sector, we manufacture the total of 2855,1 million tugriks’ products. We pay 1400,0 million tugriks to local budget and accomplish the withdrawal financing of 6100,0 million tugriks.
          The strong-willed people of Altai have been leading the constructions of every period. We are proud of 4 national heroes, 45 partisans of people’s revolution and veterans, 49 revolution veterans, 127 veterans of Khalkh Gol war, 778 veterans of World War II who fought for protecting our mother land from enemies. As well as, the aimak has 29 labor heroes who were publicly recognized during the after war reconstruction, 54 state laureates in the education, culture, sport, art, health, industry and agricultural fields, 180 doctors and professors, 115 state leading herdsmen.
          Among the famous figures born in aimak, there are two time State Laureate Chadraabal Lodoidamba, well known poet Mishig Tsedendorj, 14th Prime Minister of Mongolia, PhD and member of parliament Puntsag Jasrai, Labor Hero of Mongolia, State Laureate writer, PhD Lodon Tudev, well know doctor Navaan Jambal, painter Balduu Sharav and academician, PhD Dagva Badgaa.