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Mongolia
Mongolia (pronounced /mɒŋˈɡoʊliə/; Mongolian: Монгол улс (help·info), literally Mongol country/nation, ) is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and the People's Republic of China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with...
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Ulaanbaatar
Ulan Bator, or Ulaanbaatar (Mongolian: Улаанбаатар, ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ English: The Red Hero), is the capital and largest city of Mongolia. The city is an independent municipality not part of any province, and its population as of 2008 is just over 1...
Area:
- 4,704.4 km² (1816.4 mi² )
Ömnögovi Province
Ömnögovi (Mongolian: Өмнөговь, South Gobi) is an aimag (province) of Mongolia, located in the south of the country, in the Gobi Desert. Ömnögovi is Mongolia's largest aimag. The capital is Dalanzadgad.
The province is rich in mineral deposits,...
Area:
- 165,377 km² (63852.4 mi² )
Bayan-Ölgiy Province
Bayan-Ölgii (Mongolian: Баян-Өлгий; Kazakh: Баян Өлгей) (Alternately spelled Olgiy, Ulgii, etc.) is the westernmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The aimag was established in 1940. Its capital is Ölgii.
The aimag is located in the...
Area:
- 45,700 km² (17645 mi² )
Arhangay Province
Arkhangai (Mongolian: Архангай, Northern Khangai) is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. It is located slightly west to the country's center, on the northern slopes of the Khangai Mountains.
The Arkhangai aimag is located in the interior of the...
Area:
- 55,300 km² (21351 mi² )
Bayanhongor Province
Bayankhongor (Mongolian: Баянхонгор) is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. It is located in the south of the country. Its capital is also named Bayankhongor.
The Bayankhongor aimag includes very diverse geographic areas. The north covers the southern...
Area:
- 115,977.5 km² (44779.16 mi² )
Bulgan Province
Bulgan (Mongolian: Булган) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in northern Mongolia. Its capital is also named Bulgan.
The aimag is surrounded by the aimags Khövsgöl in the northwest, Arkhangai in the southwest, Övörkhangai in...
Area:
- 48,700 km² (18803 mi² )
Darhan-Uul Province
Darkhan-Uul (Mongolian: Дархан-Уул) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the north of the country.
The city Darkhan was founded on October 17. 1961, as a second industrial center to reduce the migration pressure on the...
Area:
- 3,275 km² (1264 mi² )
Dornod Province
Dornod (Mongolian: Дорнод, East) is the easternmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. Its capital is Choibalsan.
Khalkha are the ethnic majority of the Dornod aimag, but Buryad ethnic group is 22.8% of population total (17,196 in 2000,...
Area:
- 123,597 km² (47721.1 mi² )
Dornogovi Province
Dornogovi (Mongolian: Дорноговь, East Gobi) is one of the 21 Aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the southeast of the country.
- tosgon (urban-type settlement).
- The aimag capital Sainshand
Area:
- 109,500 km² (42278.2 mi² )
Dundgovĭ Province
Dundgovi (Mongolian: Дундговь, Middle Gobi) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the south of the country, approximately 245 kilometers (152 miles) south of Ulaanbaatar. Its capital is Mandalgovi.
The climate of the...
Area:
- 74,690 km² (28838 mi² )
Govĭsümber Province
Govisümber (Mongolian: Говьсүмбэр) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the center of the country. Its capital is Choir.
- The aimag capital Choir
Area:
- 5,540 km² (2139 mi² )
Govi-Altay Province
Govi-Altai (Mongolian: Говь-Алтай, Gobi-Altai) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the west of the country.
The Altai Airport (LTI/ZMAT) has one unpaved runway and is served by regular flights to Arvaikheer and Ulan...
Area:
- 141,400 km² (54594.8 mi² )
Hentiy Province
Khentii (Mongolian: Хэнтий) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the east of the country. Its capital is Öndörkhaan. The aimag is named after the Khentii Mountains.
The aimag borders with Russia in the north. The neighbouring...
Area:
- 80,311 km² (31008 mi² )
Hovd Province
Khovd (Mongolian: Ховд) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the west of the country. Its capital is also named Khovd.
Khovd is approximately 1,580 km from Ulan Bator. It is considered remote even for Mongolian standards....
Area:
- 76,100 km² (29382 mi² )
Hövsgöl Province
Khövsgöl (Mongolian: Хөвсгөл) is the northernmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The name is derived from Lake Khövsgöl.
The Aimag is quite mountainous. The south and southwest are dominated by the round-topped Tarvagatai, Bulnain and...
Area:
- 100,600 km² (38841.9 mi² )
Orhon Province
Orkhon Aimag (Mongolian: Орхон аймаг) is one of the 21 Aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the north of the country. Its capital is Erdenet. This Aimag was cut out of Bulgan Aimag in 1994, to form a new entity together with its capital...
Area:
- 844 km² (326 mi² )
Övörhangay Province
Övörkhangai (Mongolian: Өвөрхангай, southern Khangai) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the south of the country. Its capital is Arvaikheer.
The Shankh Monastery, one of the oldest and most important monasteries, is located...
Area:
- 62,900 km² (24286 mi² )
Selenge Province
Selenge (Mongolian: Сэлэнгэ) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the north of the country. The name is derived from the Selenge river. The capital is Sükhbaatar.
- The aimag capital
Area:
- 41,152.6 km² (15889.1 mi² )
Sühbaatar Province
Sükhbaatar (Mongolian: Сүхбаатар) is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia, located in the east of the country. Its capital is Baruun-Urt. It is named after Damdin Sükhbaatar.
The Baruun-Urt Airport (UUN/ZMBU) has one unpaved runway and is served by...
Area:
- 82,300 km² (31776 mi² )
Töv Province
Töv (Mongolian: Төв, Center) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The national capital Ulan Bator is located roughly at its center, but the city itself is administrated as an independent municipality.
The Aimag includes the western part...
Area:
- 74,045 km² (28589 mi² )
Uvs Province
Uvs (Mongolian: Увс аймаг) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the west of the country, 1336 km away from the national capital Ulan Bator. Its capital is Ulaangom which lies 936m above the Sea level.
The province is...
Area:
- 69,600 km² (26873 mi² )
Zavhan Province
Zavkhan (Mongolian: Завхан) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the west of the country. Its capital is Uliastai. The aimag is named after the Zavkhan river.
The Zavkhan aimag population growth stopped in 1994, then migration...
Area:
- 82,500 km² (31853 mi² )
Darhan
Darkhan (Mongolian: Дархан, blacksmith) is the third-largest city in Mongolia and the capital of Darkhan-Uul Aimag (Darkhan-Uul Province). It has a population of 74,300 (as of 2007).
Ground was broken on October 17, 1961, and the city was built with...
