Provinces of Mongolia

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

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Mongolia is divided into 21 Provinces (Mongolian: аймаг, 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.

List of Provinces and provincial municipality

Seal	Provinces (Aimags)[3]	Mongolian	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
	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
	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.

Mongolian Provinces (aimags) in 1932

See also

• Aimag
• Districts of Mongolia
• ISO 3166-2 codes for Mongolia
• List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area

References

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