List of cities in Mongolia

This is a list of cities in Mongolia.

Ulan Bator

Erdenet

Darkhan

Choibalsan

Mörön

Khovd

Ölgii

Nalaikh

Bayankhongor

Baganuur

Arvaikheer

Ulaangom

Sükhbaatar

Altai

Sainshand

Uliastai

Tsetserleg

Züünkharaa

Öndörkhaan

Zuunmod

Dalanzadgad

Baruun-Urt

Bulgan

Mandalgovi

Zamyn-Üüd

Sharyngol

Kharkhorin

Bor-Öndör

Choir

Cities in Mongolia of more than 7,500 inhabitants

The following table includes cities of more than 7,500 inhabitants, their names in English transliteration and Mongolian. The results are from the census of January 5 2000 as well as from a population estimation for the end of 2008. If 2008 year data was not accessible, the closest and most reliable data was used and noted by an index.

The population and growth estimates for years 1979 and 1989 were added to show the historical significance of population growth and urbanisation throughout Mongolia alongside with the overall growth of Mongolia.

Key: For population growth 1979 - 2008

• Salmon cells indicate that the population has declined or experienced minimal (<1%) growth.
• Light green cells indicate a growth between 1-2%.
• Dark Green cells indicate a growth of greater than or equal to 2%.

The higher level administrative unit is the aimag, except for Ulaanbaatar which administrates its own federal district (Nalaikh and Baganuur are administrated by Ulaanbaatar. The numbers of inhabitants relate to the cities proper without surrounding districts.

List of Mongolian cities

Rank	Name	Mongolian	Inhabitants (1979 est.)	Inhabitants (1989 est.)	Inhabitants (2000 census)	Inhabitants (est. 2008)	Change since 1979	Growth Percentage	Administrative Unit
1.	Ulaanbaatar *	Улаанбаатар	396,300	540,600	711,900	1,008,738	612,438	+5.2%	Ulaanbaatar
2.	Erdenet	Эрдэнэт	29,100	-	68,310	86,866	57,766	+6.6%	Orkhon
3.	Darkhan	Дархан	49,100	-	65,791	74,300	25,200	+1.7%	Darkhan-Uul
4.	Choibalsan	Чойбалсан	28,500	37,300	40,123	38,150	9,650	+1.1%	Dornod
5.	Mörön	Мөрөн	16,500	21,300	28,903	36,082	19,582	+4.0%	Khövsgöl
6.	Nalaikh	Налайх	-	-	23,600	29,115	5,515	+3.0%	Ulan Bator
7.	Khovd	Ховд	17,500	24,100	25,765	28,601	11,101	+2.1%	Khovd
8.	Ölgii	Өлгий	18,700	27,200	25,791	27,855	9,155	+1.6%	Bayan-Ölgii
9.	Bayankhongor	Баянхонгор	16,300	21,200	22,066	26,252	9,952	+2.0%	Bayankhongor
10.	Baganuur	Багануур	-	-	21,100	25,877	4,777	+1.8%	Ulan Bator
11.	Arvaikheer	Арвайхээр	12,300	16,900	19,058	25,622	13,322	+3.6%	Övörkhangai
12.	Ulaangom	Улаангом	17,900	22,900	25,993	21,406	3,506	+0.67%	Uvs
13.	Sükhbaatar	Сүхбаатар	14,300	19,600	22,374	19,626	5,326	+1.2%	Selenge
14.	Sainshand	Сайншанд	11,100	10,300	18,290	25,210	14,110	+4.2%	Dornogovi
15.	Dalanzadgad	Даланзадгад	10,000	14,300	14,050	16,856	6,856	+2.3%	Ömnögovi
16.	Tsetserleg	Цэцэрлэг	14,700	20,300	18,519	16,300	1,600	+0.37%	Arkhangai
17.	Uliastai	Улиастай	15,400	20,300	18,154	16,240	840	+0.17%	Zavkhan
18.	Altai	Алтай	13,700	18,800	15,741	15,800	2,100	+0.5%	Govi-Altai
19.	Züünkharaa	Зүүнхараа	11,400	-	15,000(2004)	-	3,600	+1.1%	Selenge
20.	Öndörkhaan	Өндөрхаан	11,100	14,400	18,003	14,800	3,700	+1.1%	Khentii
21.	Zuunmod	Зуунмод	9,800	15,800	14,837	14,568	4,768	+1.6%	Töv
22.	Baruun-Urt	Баруун-Урт	11,600	16,100	15,133	12,994	1,394	+0.4%	Sükhbaatar
23.	Zamyn-Üüd	Замын-Үүд	-	-	5,486	11,527	6,041	+13.8%	Dornogovi
24.	Bulgan	Булган	11,300	12,800	12,681	11,198	-102	-0.03%	Bulgan
25.	Mandalgovi	Мандалговь	10,200	16,100	14,517	10,299	99	+0.03%	Dundgovi
26.	Kharkhorin	Хархорин	-	-	8,977(2003)	-	-	n/a%	Övörkhangai
27.	Bor-Öndör	Бор-Өндөр	-	-	6,406(2001)	8,902	2,496	+3.5%	Khentii
28.	Choir	Чойр	4,500	-	8,983	7,998	3,498	+2.6%	Govisümber
29.	Sharyngol	Шарынгол	-	-	8,902	7,798	-1,104	-2.8%	Darkhan-Uul
	Mongolia	Монгол улс	1,538,980	1,987,274	2,365,269	2,635,000	1,096,600	+2.38%	Darkhan-Uul

^* - city proper, Nalaikh, Baganuur, Bagakhangai not included in this figure, they are separated in the table.

See also

• List of city listings by country

External links

• National Statistical Office of Mongolia
• Ministry of Health of Mongolia. National Center for Health Development. Health Indicators 2006
• City Population - Historical population figures.