Uvs Province

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Uvs Aimag
Увс аймаг

Founded	1931
Capital	Ulaangom
Area	69,600 km²
Population  • Total (2000)  • Density	90,037 1.29/km²
Predial code	+976 (0)145
License Plate	УВ_ (_ variable)
ISO 3166-2	MN-046
Web site	www.uvsmongolia.mn

Uvs Aimag (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.

Uvs means "salty water" in Turkic origin language. The province is named after the biggest lake in Mongolia the Uvs Nuur (Увс нуур).

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 History 4 Administrative Subdivision

[edit] Geography

Parts of the steppe in this province are protected as the World Heritage Site Uvs Nuur Basin. In the north the province borders the Russian Federation for 640km, in the east 340 km of border lies between Uvs and Zavkhan province. In the south and west it borders with Khovd and Bayan-Ölgii provinces for 200km each. The province occupies 4.45% of the national territory, which is equivalent of 69,585 sq. km. 60% of total area of the province belongs to the mountainous climatic zone, and 40% to the Gobi semi-desert.

[edit] Population

Altaic people live in the province throughout history. Even today there are Tuvans and Kazakhs living in the area.

[edit] History

After the revolution in 1921 in Mongolia, on November 21, 1925 the government founded the Chandmani Uulyn Aimag (Чандмань уулын аймаґ, Province of Mount Chandman) a governmental division of the country. The province included today's Uvs, Khovd and Bayan-Olgii Aimags. The name remained till 1931 and changed its name to Dörvödyn Aimag (Дөрбөдын аймаґ, Province of Dorbods). However, once again the name of the province changed and adopted its current name Uvs in 1933. When the name was changed to Dörvödyn Aimag in 1931 Uvs and Khovd were separated and became 2 different provinces.

In 1931 Ms. B.Natsag was appointed as the governor of province, who was the first ever female governor in history of the province.

[edit] Administrative Subdivision

The sums of Uvs Aimag

Sum	Mongolian
Baruunturuun	Баруунтуруун
Bökhmörön	Бɵхмɵрɵн
Davst	Давст
Khovd	Ховд
Khyargas	Хяргас
Malchin	Малчин
Naranbulag	Наранбулаг
Ölgii	θлгий
Ömnögovi	θмнɵговь
Öndörkhangai	θндɵрхангай
Sagil	Сагил
Tarialan	Тариалан
Tes	Тэс
Tsagaanhairhan	Цагаанхайрхан
Türgen	Тγргэн
Ulaangom	Улаангом
Zavkhan	Завхан
Züüngovi	Зγγнговь
Züünkhangai	Зγγнхангай