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Sum (subnational entity)
Sum , sumu , sumon , and somon (sumuud ) are a type of administrative district used in China , Mongolia , and Russia .
China In Inner Mongolia , a sumu (Chinese : 苏木; pinyin : sūmù ) is a township-level political/administrative division . The sumu division is equivalent to a township but is unique to Inner Mongolia. It is therefore larger than a village and smaller than a banner (the Inner Mongolia equivalent of the county -level division).
Sumu whose population is predominated by ethnic minorities are designated ethnic sumu – parallel with the ethnic township in the rest of China.
Mongolia
A sum (Mongolian : сум , arrow ) is the second level administrative subdivision below the Aimags (provinces), roughly comparable to a County in the USA. There are 331 sums in Mongolia. Each sum is again subdivided into bags .
Russia In Russia , a sumon is an administrative division of the Tuva Republic , and somon (sumuud ) is that of the Buryat Republic . Both are describing the Russian term "selsoviet ".
