Provinces of Mongolia

Provinces of Mongolia
Монгол Улсын аймгууд (Mongolian Alphabet)
Provinces of Mongolia; Монгол Улсын аймгууд (Mongolian Alphabet)
	Bayan-; Ölgii Uvs Khovd Zavkhan Govi-Altai Bayankhongor Arkhangai Khövsgöl Bulgan Orkhon Övörkhangai Ömnögovi Dundgovi Töv Ulaanbaatar Selenge Darkhan-Uul Govisümber Dornogovi Khentii Sükhbaatar Dornod Clickable map of Mongolian provinces.
Category	Unitary state
Location	Mongolia
Number	21 Provinces & 1 Municipality
Populations	13,240 (Govisümber) – 114,926 (Khövsgöl)
Areas	326 square miles (840 km2) (Orkhon) – 63,853.76 square miles (165,380.5 km2) (Ömnögovi)
Subdivisions	Sum, Düüreg;

Mongolia is divided into 21 Provinces ([аймаг] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), often translated as aimags and one provincial municipality. Each aimag is subdivided into several districts.^[1]^[2] . The modern provinces have been established since 1921. The capital, Ulaanbaatar, is governed as an independent provincial municipality separate from Töv Province, inside which it is situated. ^{[citation needed]}

List of Provinces and provincial municipality

Seal ^{[citation needed]}	Provinces (Aimags)^[3]	Mongolian ^{[citation needed]}	Population ^{2010 Census}^[4]	Area (km²)^[5]	Density (/km²)	Capital
	Arkhangai	Архангай ᠠᠷᠤᠬᠠᠩᠭᠠᠢ	84,584	55,313.82	1.53	Tsetserleg (Цэцэрлэг) ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠷᠯᠢᠭ
	Bayankhongor	Баянхонгор ᠪᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠩᠬᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠤᠷ	76,085	115,977.80	0.66	Bayankhongor (Баянхонгор) ᠪᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠩᠬᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠤᠷ
	Bayan-Ölgii	Баян-Өлгий ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᠥᠯᠦᠭᠡᠢ	88,056	45,704.89	1.93	Ölgii (Өлгий) ᠥᠯᠦᠭᠡᠢ
	Bulgan	Булган ᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ	53,655	48,733.00	1.10	Bulgan (Булган) ᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ
	Darkhan-Uul	Дархан-Уул ᠳᠠᠷᠬᠠᠨ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ	94,625	3,275.00	28.89	Darkhan (Дархан) ᠳᠠᠷᠬᠠᠨ
	Dornod	Дорнод ᠳᠣᠷᠤᠨᠠᠳᠤ	69,552	123,597.43	0.56	Choibalsan (Чойбалсан) ᠴᠣᠶᠢᠪᠠᠯᠰᠠᠩ
	Dornogovi	Дорноговь ᠳᠣᠷᠤᠨᠠᠭᠣᠪᠢ	58,612	109,472.30	0.54	Sainshand (Сайншанд) ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠩᠰᠠᠩᠳᠠ
File:Dundgov.png	Dundgovi	Дундговь ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠭᠣᠪᠢ	38,821	74,690.32	0.52	Mandalgovi (Мандалговь) ᠮᠠᠨᠳᠠᠯᠭᠣᠪᠢ
	Govi-Altai	Говь-Алтай ᠭᠣᠪᠢ ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ	53,590	141,447.67	0.38	Altai (Алтай) ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ
	Govisümber	Говьсүмбэр ᠭᠣᠪᠢ ᠰᠦᠮᠪᠦᠷ	13,240	5,541.80	2.39	Choir (Чойр) ᠴᠣᠶᠢᠷ
	Khentii	Хэнтий ᠺᠡᠨᠲᠡᠢ	65,811	80,325.08	0.82	Öndörkhaan (Өндөрхаан) ᠥᠨᠳᠦᠷᠬᠠᠨ
	Khovd	Ховд ᠬᠣᠪᠲᠤ	76,870	76,060.38	1.01	Khovd (Ховд) ᠬᠣᠪᠲᠤ
	Khövsgöl	Хөвсгөл ᠺᠥᠪᠰᠦᠭᠦᠯ	114,926	100,628.82	1.14	Mörön (Мөрөн) ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ
	Orkhon	Орхон ᠣᠷᠬᠣᠨ	90,700	844.00	107.46	Erdenet (Эрдэнэт) ᠡᠷᠳᠡᠨᠢᠲᠦ
	Selenge	Сэлэнгэ ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ	97,585	41,152.63	2.37	Sükhbaatar (Сүхбаатар) ᠰᠦᠺᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ
	Sükhbaatar	Сүхбаатар ᠰᠦᠺᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ	51,334	82,287.15	0.62	Baruun-Urt (Баруун-Урт) ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠤᠷᠲᠤ
	Töv	Төв ᠲᠥᠪ	85,166	74,042.37	1.15	Zuunmod (Зуунмод) ᠵᠠᠭᠤᠨᠮᠣᠳᠤ
File:Mn coa Ömnögovǐ.jpg	Ömnögovi	Өмнөговь ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠭᠣᠪᠢ	61,314	165,380.47	0.37	Dalanzadgad (Даланзадгад) ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠨᠵᠠᠳᠠᠭᠠᠳ
	Uvs	Увс ᠤᠪᠰᠤ	73,323	69,585.39	1.05	Ulaangom (Улаангом) ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠩᠭ᠋ᠣᠮ
	Övörkhangai	Өвөрхангай ᠥᠪᠦᠷᠬᠠᠩᠭᠠᠢ	101,314	62,895.33	1.61	Arvaikheer (Арвайхээр) ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠶᠢᠬᠡᠭᠡᠷ
	Zavkhan	Завхан ᠵᠠᠪᠬᠠᠨ	65,481	82,455.66	0.79	Uliastai (Улиастай) ᠤᠯᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᠰᠤᠲᠠᠢ
	Ulaanbaatar (provincial municipality)	Улаанбаатар ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ	1,240,037	4,704.40	263.59	Ulaanbaatar (Улаанбаатар) ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ

Past provincial population

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

Province	1979-01-05 ^Census ^{[citation needed]}	1989-01-05 ^Census ^{[citation needed]}	2000-01-05 ^Census ^{[citation needed]}	2009-12-31 ^est.^[6]
Arkhangai	77,575	84,517	97,091	92,449
Bayan-Ölgii	71,416	90,911	91,068	101,848
Bayankhongor	63,048	74,574	84,779	85,365
Bulgan	42,398	51,910	61,776	62,340
Darkhan-Uul	50,572	85,737	83,271	90,050
Dornod	58,860	81,073	75,373	73,625
Dornogovi	42,349	57,103	50,575	58,318
Dundgovi	38,937	49,320	51,517	47,671
Govi-Altai	55,884	62,773	63,673	59,376
Govisümber	-*	-*	12,230	13,293
Khentii	52,784	73,804	70,946	71,458
Khovd	62,565	76,553	86,831	88,505
Khövsgöl	88,500	101,833	119,063	124,108
Ömnögovi	32,929	42,445	46,858	49,333
Orkhon	31,851	56,136	71,525	83,145
Övörkhangai	82,504	96,510	111,420	117,513
Selenge	65,118	86,952	99,950	103,459
Sükhbaatar	43,229	50,846	56,166	54,955
Töv	80,547	100,088	99,268	88,503
Uvs	72,302	83,958	90,037	78,801
Zavkhan	79,990	88,518	89,999	79,320
Ulaanbaatar	403,000	548,400	760,077	1,240,037

References

^ Mongolian constitution, article 57
^ Montsame News Agency. Mongolia. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, ISBN 99929-0-627-8, p. 46
^ "Provinces of Mongolia". InfoMongolia.com. MER. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
^ Mongolia National Census 2010 official site. Aimags: Interactive Map. ^{[dead link]}
^ Mongolia Landuse Annual Report 2007 ^{[dead link]}
^ Mongolia National Census 2010 preliminary results ^{[dead link]}

[1] Mongolian constitution, article 57

[2] Montsame News Agency. Mongolia. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, ISBN 99929-0-627-8, p. 46

[3] "Provinces of Mongolia". InfoMongolia.com. MER. Retrieved 17 December 2014.

[Censussite-4] Mongolia National Census 2010 official site. Aimags: Interactive Map. ^{[dead link]}

[5] Mongolia Landuse Annual Report 2007 ^{[dead link]}

[Census2010-6] Mongolia National Census 2010 preliminary results ^{[dead link]}

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

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List of Provinces and provincial municipality

Past provincial population

See also

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