Khovd, Uvs

This article is about the district in the Uvs province of Mongolia. For other uses, see Khovd.

Khovd (Mongolian: Ховд) is a sum (district) of the Uvs aimag (province) in Mongolia. It is located in the south-west of the aimag, at the border to the Bayan-Ölgii Aimag. It is situated in the Achit Lake depression, sum center is 28 km SE from the lake at the Khovd River left bank. Eastern part of the sum is situated in Kharkhiraa-Türgen mountains.

Khovd District Ховд сум ᠬᠣᠪᠳᠤᠰᠤᠮᠤ
District
Interactive map of Khovd District
Country	Mongolia
Province	Uvs Province
Time zone	UTC+7 (UTC + 7)

Geography

• Shaazgai Lake

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into four bags, which are:^[1]

• Achit
• Khaliunbulag
• Khovd
• Shiver