Bayankhongor Province
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| Bayankhongor Aimag | |||
| Баянхонгор аймаг | |||
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| Capital | Bayankhongor | ||
| Area | 115,977.5 km² (44,779 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 82,229 (2006) | ||
| Density | 0.71 /km² (2 /sq mi) | ||
| Founded | 1941 [1] | ||
| Timezone | UTC+8 | ||
| Area code | +976 (0)144 | ||
| License plate | БХ_ (_ variable) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 code | MN-069 | ||
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| Website: http://gate1.pmis.gov.mn/bayankhongor/ | |||
Bayankhongor aimag (Mongolian: Баянхонгор аймаг, ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠩᠬᠣᠩᠭᠣᠷ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ) is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. It is located in the south of the country. Its capital is Bayankhongor.
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[edit] Geography
The Bayankhongor aimag includes very diverse geographic areas. The north covers the southern slopes of the Khangai Mountains. The wide valley south of that contains several salt lakes. Next comes a section of the Gobi-Altai mountain range. And the southern end down to the chinese border is part of the Trans-Altai Gobi.
In the Khangai there are many hot mineral springs, with water temperatures up to 50°C. The most popular ones are located near Shargaljuut, about 54 km NE of the aimag capital.
Most of the lakes are found in the central plane. This valley has no drain, so that the lakes contain salt water. The largest are the Orog nuur and the Böön tsagaan nuur.
The tallest mountain of the aimag is the Ikhee Bogd in the Gobi-Altai. Other than in the forested Khangai, the Altai range suffers from an arid desert climate. Similar to the adjacent Gobi it is only sparsely populated.
[edit] Transportation
The Bayankhongor Airport (BVN/ZMBH) has two runways, one of them paved, and is served by regular flights to Ulan Bator.
[edit] Administrative Subdivision
| Sum | Mongolian | Population (end of 2000)[3] |
Population (end of 2006) |
Sum center population (end of 2006) |
Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
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| Baatsagaan | Баацагаан | 4,526 | 3,568 | 422 | 7,447 | 0.48 |
| Bayan-Ovoo | Баян-Овоо | 3,043 | 2,912 | 731 | 3,244 | 0.90 |
| Bayan-Öndör | Баян-Өндөр | 2,692 | 2,559 | 548 | 16,891 | 0.15 |
| Bayanbulag | Баянбулаг | 2,252 | 2,143 | 463 | 3,170 | 0.68 |
| Bayangovi | Баянговь | 2,903 | 2,703 | 628 | 4,662 | 0.58 |
| Bayankhongor * | Баянхонгор | 20,501 | 26,588 | 26,588 | 64 | 415.44 |
| Bayanlig | Баянлиг | 3,842 | 3,316 | 805 | 11,918 | 0.28 |
| Bayantsagaan | Баянцагаан | 3,946 | 3,599 | 634 | 5,395 | 0.67 |
| Bogd | Богд | 3,226 | 2,900 | 613 | 3,983 | 0.73 |
| Bömbögör | Бөмбөгөр | 2,755 | 2,584 | 656 | 3,044 | 0.85 |
| Buutsagaan | Бууцагаан | 4,258 | 3,452 | 901 | 5,840 | 0.59 |
| Erdenetsogt | Эрдэнэцогт | 5,158 | 4,235 | 933 | 4,100 | 1.03 |
| Galuut | Галуут | 5,275 | 4,012 | 644 | 5,047 | 0.79 |
| Gurvanbulag | Гурванбулаг | 2,915 | 2,594 | 350 | 4,442 | 0.58 |
| Jargalant | Жаргалант | 4,374 | 3,173 | 697 | 4,175 | 0.76 |
| Jinst | Жинст | 2,352 | 2,023 | 376 | 5,313 | 0.38 |
| Khüreemaral | Хүрээмарал | 2,466 | 2,064 | 325 | 4,328 | 0.48 |
| Ölziit | Өлзийт | 3,721 | 3,353 | 661 | 3,853 | 0.87 |
| Shinejinst | Шинэжинст | 2,469 | 2,187 | 319 | 16,501 | 0.13 |
| Zag | Заг | 2,440 | 2,264 | 592 | 2,561 | 0.88 |
* - The aimag capital Bayankhongor
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