Khotgoid
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Khotogoid is a subgroup of Mongol people
Mongols
Mongols ) are a Central-East Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in the countries of Mongolia, China, and Russia. In China, ethnic Mongols can be found mainly in the central north region of China such as Inner Mongolia...

 in northwestern Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

. The Khotogoid people live roughly between Uvs Lake to the west and the Delgermörön
Delgermörön
The Delgermörön is a river in the Khövsgöl aimag in northern Mongolia. Together with the Ider River it is one of the sources of the Selenge River. The source is in the Ulaan Taiga range close to the Russian border, the confluence with the Ider River is in Tömörbulag. The Delgermörön is frozen...

 river to the east. The Khotogoids belong to north western Khalkha and were one of the major groups that make up Khalkha
Khalkha
Khalkha is the largest subgroup of Mongol people in Mongolia since 15th century. The Khalkha together with Tsahar, Ordos and Tumed, were directly ruled by the Altan Urag Khans until the 20th century; unlike the Oirat people who were ruled by the Dzungar nobles or the Khorchins who were ruled by...

.

The most famous ruler of Khotogoids probably was Ubashi Huang Taizi also known as Altan Khan of Khotogoid (not to be confused with Altan Khan of Tumed
Altan Khan
Altan Khan , whose given name was Anda , was the ruler of the Tümet Mongols and de facto ruler of the Right Wing, or western tribes, of the Mongols...

) who was successful in subjecting yenissei Kyrgyz and pushing Oirats out of their domains in western Mongolia. In mid 17th century, because of the conflicts with neighboring Zasagtu Khan, Khotogoids were disintegrated and ceased to exist as a separate political unit. As a result, Khotogoids were frequently invaded by both other Khalkhas and Oirats.

The Khotogoids moved into the area in the 16th century. In 1694, they were organized into the Zasaghtu Khan aimag's Erdeni Degüregchi Wang khoshuu. After Chingünjav
Chingünjav
Chingünjav was one of the two major leaders of the 1755 - 1756 rebellion in Outer Mongolia. Although his rebellion failed, he is nowadays often hailed as a fighter for Mongolia's independence from the Manchu, who were ruling China at that time....

's rebellion, this khoshuu was split up into five smaller entities: Erdeni Degüregchi Wang khoshuu, Akhai Beise khoshuu, Mergen Gong khoshuu, Dalai Gong khoshuu, and Tsogtoo Wang khoshuu.

Chingünjav (mentioned above) is probably another famous Khotogoid besides Ubasji Huang Taizi.
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