Provinces of Mongolia

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Mongolia is divided into 21 Provinces (Mongolian: аймаг, often translated as aimags. Each aimag is subdivided into several districts.^[1][2] The name aimag is derived from the Mongolian and Turkic languages word for "tribe".^{[citation needed]} The modern provinces were established since 1921. The capital, Ulaanbaatar, is governed as an independent provincial municipality separate from Töv Province, in which it is located.

List of Provinces

Zavkhan Govi-Altai Khovd Bayan- Ölgii Uvs Bayan. Övör. Ömnögovi Dundgovi Dornogovi Arkhangai Khövsgöl Töv Khentii Sükhbaatar Dornod Selenge Darkh. Bulgan Orkhon Ulan Bator Govisum.

Seal	Provinces	Mongolian	Districts 2009[3]	Subdistricts 2009[3]	2010-11-10 Census[3]	Area (km²)[4]	Density (/km²)	Capital
	Arkhangai Arhangay	Архангай ᠠᠷᠤᠬᠠᠩᠭᠠᠢ	19	99	84,584	55,313.82	1.53	Tsetserleg (Цэцэрлэг)
	Bayan-Ölgii Bayan-Ölgiy	Баян-Өлгий ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᠥᠯᠦᠭᠡᠢ	13	86	88,056	45,704.89	1.93	Ölgii (Өлгий)
	Bayankhongor Bayanhongor	Баянхонгор ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠩᠬᠣᠩᠭᠣᠷ	20	103	76,085	115,977.80	0.66	Bayankhongor (Баянхонгор)
	Bulgan	Булган ᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ	16	74	53,655	48,733.00	1.10	Bulgan (Булган)
	Darkhan-Uul Darhan uul	Дархан-Уул ᠳᠠᠷᠬᠠᠨ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ	4	24	94,625	3,275.00	28.89	Darkhan (Дархан)
	Dornod	Дорнод ᠳᠣᠷᠤᠨᠠᠳᠤ	14	63	69,552	123,597.43	0.56	Choibalsan (Чойбалсан)
	Dornogovi Dornogovĭ	Дорноговь ᠳᠣᠷᠤᠨᠠᠭᠣᠪᠢ	14	60	58,612	109,472.30	0.54	Sainshand (Сайншанд)
	Dundgovi Dundgovĭ	Дундговь ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠭᠣᠪᠢ	15	66	38,821	74,690.32	0.52	Mandalgovi (Мандал-Говь)
	Govi-Altai Govĭ-Altay	Говь-Алтай ᠭᠣᠪᠢ ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ	18	83	53,590	141,447.67	0.38	Altai (Алтай)
	Govisümber Govĭ-Sümber	Говьсүмбэр ᠭᠣᠪᠢ ᠰᠦᠮᠪᠦᠷ	3	10	13,240	5,541.80	2.39	Choir (Чойр)
	Khentii Hentiy	Хэнтий ᠺᠡᠨᠲᠡᠢ	17	83	65,811	80,325.08	0.82	Öndörkhaan (Өндөрхаан)
	Khovd Hovd	Ховд ᠬᠣᠪᠲᠤ	17	91	76,870	76,060.38	1.01	Khovd (Ховд)
	Khövsgöl Hövsgöl	Хөвсгөл ᠺᠥᠪᠰᠦᠭᠦᠯ	23	125	114,926	100,628.82	1.14	Mörön ( Мөрөн)
	Ömnögovi Ömnögovĭ	Өмнөговь ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠭᠣᠪᠢ	15	56	61,314	165,380.47	0.37	Dalanzadgad (Даланзадгад)
	Orkhon Orhon	Орхон ᠣᠷᠬᠣᠨ	2	22	90,700	844.00	107.46	Erdenet (Эрдэнэт)
	Övörkhangai Övörhangay	Өвөрхангай ᠥᠪᠦᠷᠬᠠᠩᠭᠠᠢ	19	105	101,314	62,895.33	1.61	Arvaikheer (Арвайхээр)
	Selenge	Сэлэнгэ ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ	17	49	97,585	41,152.63	2.37	Sükhbaatar (Сүхбаатар)
	Sükhbaatar Sühbaatar	Сүхбаатар ᠰᠦᠺᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ	13	66	51,334	82,287.15	0.62	Baruun-Urt (Баруун-Урт)
	Töv	Төв ᠲᠥᠪ	27	97	85,166	74,042.37	1.15	Zuunmod (Зуунмод)
	Uvs	Увс ᠤᠪᠰᠤ	19	92	73,323	69,585.39	1.05	Ulaangom (Улаангом)
	Zavkhan Dzavhan	Завхан ᠵᠠᠪᠬᠠᠨ	24	114	65,481	82,455.66	0.79	Uliastai (Улиастай)
	Ulan Bator(Municipality) Ulaanbaatar	Улаанбаатар ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ	9	132	1,154,290	4,704.40	226.90	Ulan Bator (Улаанбаатар)

Past provincial population

^*- Govisümber aimag was split from Dornogovi aimag in 1994.

History

Mongolian Provinces (aimags) in 1932

During the Qing Dynasty, the territory of Outer Mongolia was divided (from east to west) into the Setsen Khan, Tüsheet Khan, Sain Noyon Khan, and Zasagt Khan provinces plus the Khovd area. The northern border to Russia was guarded by a watch post area. After Mongolia's second declaration of independence in 1921, the provinces were renamed in 1923, to Khaan Khentii Uulyn Province, Bogd Khan Uulyn Province, Tsetserleg Mandal Uulyn Province, and Khan Taishir Uulyn Province, respectively. The Khovd area and the Jebtsundamba Khutughtu's great shabi (personal fiefdom) turned into provinces of their own, Chandmani Uulyn Province and Delger Ikh Uulyn Province, respectively (the latter was later merged with Tsetserleg Mandal Uulyn Province). But otherwise the administrative structure was largely left unchanged until the 1930s.

An administrative reorganisation was initiated in 1931, which resulted in the Provinces Khovd, Dörvöd (later renamed Uvs), Altai (later renamed Govi-Altai), Khövsgöl, Zavkhan, Arkhangai, Övörkhangai, Ömnögovi, Tariachin (later split into parts of Bulgan and Selenge), Töv, Dornogovi, Khentii and Dornod (later renamed to Choibalsan). The Bayankhongor, Bayan-Ölgii, Bulgan, Dundgovi, Sükhbaatar, and Selenge provinces were created in the 1930s and 1940s.

The Choibalsan Province was re-renamed to Dornod Province in 1963, and the capital Ulan Bator was split from Töv Province as a separate district. The same status was given to the newly founded industrial cities of Darkhan (1961 in the Selenge Province) and Erdenet (1975 in the Bulgan Province). In 1994, two Sums of the Bulgan Province were taken to build the Orkhon Province around Erdenet, and four Sums of the Selenge Province to build the Darkhan-Uul Province around Darkhan, ending the special status of the two cities. In a highly disputed decision, the Govisümber Province was split from the Dornogovi Province in 1996.

See also

• Aimag
• Sums of Mongolia
• Leagues of Inner Mongolia
• ISO 3166-2 codes for Mongolia
• List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area

References

External links

• Administrative division 1911-1919 map
• Administrative division 1924-1929 map
• Administrative division 1931-1939 map
• Administrative division 1940-1994 map

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v t e Administrative divisions of Mongolia Aimags (provinces) Arkhangai Bayankhongor Bayan-Ölgii Bulgan Darkhan-Uul Dornod Dornogovi Dundgovi Govi-Altai Govisümber Khentii Khovd Khövsgöl Ömnögovi Orkhon Övörkhangai Selenge Sükhbaatar Töv Uvs Zavkhan Municipality Ulan Bator