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Provinces of Mongolia

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Province
Аймаг
ᠠᠢᠮᠠᠭ
Image
CategoryUnitary state
LocationMongolia Mongolia
Number21 provinces
PopulationsLowest: 18,349 (Govisümber)
Highest: 135,095 (Khövsgöl)
AreasLowest: 844.0 km2 (325.9 sq mi) (Orkhon)
Highest: 165,380.47 km2 (63,853.76 sq mi) (Ömnögovi)
Government

Mongolia is divided into 21 provinces or aimags (Mongolian: аймаг, romanized: aimag) and one provincial municipality, the capital city Ulaanbaatar.[1] Each aimag is subdivided into several districts, which consists of several subdistricts.[2][3]

The current three-tiered administrative system was created with 13 aimags in 1931. Modern provinces of Mongolia have been established since 1930. The capital, Ulaanbaatar, is governed as an independent first-level municipality separate from Töv Province, inside which it is situated.

History

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Outer Mongolia historically had four aimags and two frontier territories during the Qing control which lasted from 1691 to 1911. When Mongolia gained independence as the Bogd Khanate in 1911, two Dörbet aimags became subordinate to the Bogd Khan. Following the People's Revolution of 1921, changes were made in the administrative system of Mongolia. The four main aimags were renamed to existing geographic locations in 1923, and the two Dörbet aimags were merged into a single province, the Chandmani Uul aimag. The Mongolian People's Republic (MPR) was later established in 1924 following the death of the Bogd Khan.

In 1930, territories and local governments of the MPR were reorganized along economic and geographic factors. In November 1930, the state abolished the feudal administrative system in favour of a three-tiered system. Following the disestablishment of the five aimags, thirteen new provinces were established in 1931. The amount of provinces steadily increased to 21 in 1994, when Orkhon, Darkhan-Uul, and Govisümber Provinces were established, and has remained the same still to this day.

List of provinces

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Provinces
(Aimags)[4]		 Mongolian script Year
established		 Area
(km2)[5]		 Population
2020 Census[6]		 Density Capital
Image Arkhangai ᠠᠷᠤᠬᠠᠩᠭᠠᠢAruqaŋgai 1931 55,313.82 94,994 1.72 Tsetserleg[7]
Image Bayankhongor ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠬᠣᠩᠭᠣᠷBayanqoŋgor 1941 115,977.80 88,672 0.76 Bayankhongor[8]
Image Bayan-Ölgii ᠪᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨ ᠥᠯᠦᠭᠡᠢBayan Ölügei 1940 45,704.89 108,530 2.37 Ölgii
Image Bulgan ᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨBulagan 1938 48,733.00 62,089 1.27 Bulgan
Image Darkhan-Uul ᠳᠠᠷᠬᠠᠨ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠDarqan Agula 1994 3,275.00 107,018 33 Darkhan
Image Dornod ᠳᠣᠷᠤᠨᠠᠳᠤDorunadu 1941 123,597.43 82,054 0.66 Choibalsan
Image Dornogovi ᠳᠣᠷᠤᠨᠠᠭᠣᠪᠢDorunagobi 1931 109,472.30 71,014 0.65 Sainshand
Image Dundgovi ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠭᠣᠪᠢDumdagobi 1942 74,690.32 47,104 0.63 Mandalgovi
Image Govi-Altai ᠭᠣᠪᠢ ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢGobi Altai 1940 141,447.67 57,748 0.41 Altai City
Image Govisümber ᠭᠣᠪᠢ ᠰᠦᠮᠪᠦᠷGobi Sümbür 1996 5,541.80 17,928 3.23 Choir
Image Khentii ᠬᠡᠨᠲᠡᠢKentei 1930 80,325.08 77,957 0.97 Chinggis City
Image Khovd ᠬᠣᠪᠳᠤQobdu 1931 76,060.38 89,712 1.18 Khovd
Image Khövsgöl ᠬᠥᠪᠰᠦᠭᠦᠯKöbsügül 1931 100,628.82 135,095 1.34 Mörön
Image Orkhon ᠣᠷᠬᠤᠨOrqun 1994 844.00 107,634 128 Erdenet
Image Ömnögovi ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠭᠣᠪᠢEmünegobi 1931 165,380.47 69,187 0.42 Dalanzadgad
Image Övörkhangai ᠥᠪᠦᠷᠬᠠᠩᠭ᠋ᠠᠢÖbürqaŋgai 1931 62,895.33 116,732 1.86 Arvaikheer
Image Selenge ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡSeleŋge 1934 41,152.63 110,110 2.68 Sükhbaatar
Image Sükhbaatar ᠰᠦᠬᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷSükebagatur 1943 82,287.15 63,182 0.77 Baruun-Urt
Image Töv ᠲᠥᠪTöb 1931 74,042.37 94,250 1.27 Zuunmod
Image Uvs ᠤᠪᠰᠤUbsu 1931 69,585.39 83,223 1.20 Ulaangom
Image Zavkhan ᠵᠠᠪᠬᠠᠨJabqan 1931 82,455.66 72,823 0.88 Uliastai
Image Ulaanbaatar
(provincial municipality)		 ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷUlaganbagatur 1942 4,704.40 1,539,810 327 Ulaanbaatar

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Buyanjargal (5 April 2017). "Political system". Mongolian National News Agency. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  2. ↑ Mongolian constitution, article 57
  3. ↑ Montsame News Agency. Mongolia. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, ISBN 99929-0-627-8, p. 46
  4. ↑ "Provinces of Mongolia". InfoMongolia.com. MER. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Mongolia Landuse Annual Report 2007 [dead link]
  6. ↑ "2020 Population and Housing Census of Mongolia National Report, table 2.5". National Statistical Office of Mongolia. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Arkhangai Aimag". InfoMongolia.com. 26 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Bayankhonghor Aimag". InfoMongolia.com. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
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