Khövsgöl Province

Khövsgöl (Mongolie: Хөвсгөл) is the northmaist o the 21 aimags (provinces) o Mongolie. The name is derivit frae Lake Khövsgöl.

Khövsgöl Province Хөвсгөл аймаг ᠬᠥᠪᠰᠦᠭᠦᠯᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
Province
Scenery in the Khövsgöl Province
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Coordinates: 49°38′N 100°10′E
Kintra	Mongolie
Established	1931 (1931)
Caipital	Mörön
Area
• Total	100628.82 km2 (38,853.00 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	114,926
• Density	1.1/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8
Area code(s)	+976 138
ISO 3166 code	MN-041
Vehicle registration	ХӨ_
Website	khovsgol.gov.mn

Geography an History

Scenery in the Khövsgöl Province

Lake Khövsgöl

The Aimag is quite muntainous. The sooth an soothwast are dominatit bi the roond-toppit Tarvagatai, Bulnain an Erchim sub-ranges o the Khangai massif. The auries wast an north o Lake Khövsgöl are formit bi the alpine Khoridol Saridag, Ulaan Taiga, an Mönkh Saridag muntains. The centre an east are less muntainous, but still hilly.

Athin Mongolie, the region is weel kent for its naitural beauty, an Lake Khövsgöl is ane o the kintra's major tourist attractions. The lairgest forest auries o Mongolie are locatit aroond an tae the north o the lake, extendin the sooth-siberie Taiga.

The aimag wis foondit in 1931. Khatgal wis the admeenistrative centre till 1933, syne when it haes been Mörön.

Population

Khövsgöl aimag population ^[1][2][3][4]

1956 census	1960 est.	1963 census	1969 census	1975 est.	1979 census	1981 est.	1989 census	1992 est.	1996 est.	1998 est.	2000 census	2003 est.	2005 est.	2007 est.
58,200	64,000	63,700	74,800	82,300	88,200	91,100	101,800	119,133	113,312	117,123	117,914	124,126	123,416	123,275

The region is hame tae mony ethnic minority groups: Darkhad, Khotgoid, Uriankhai, Buriad, an Tsaatan. Baith the Darkhad an Tsaatan are famous for thair practice o shamanism.

Ethnic minority groups in Khövsgöl (self-identification), 2000 census[5]
Group	Population	Percentage
Darkhad	16,268	13.8%
Khotgoid	6229	5.3%
Uriankhai	3036	2.6%
Buriad	996	0.84%
Tsaatan	269	0.23%
Tot population	117914	100%

Famous Khövsgölians

Sums o Khövsgöl Aimag

Famous fowk frae Khövsgöl include:

• Chingünjav, leader o an anti-Manchu rebellion in 1756/57,
• Öndör Gongor, wis a vera taw man in early-20t century Mongolie,
• Jalkhanz Khutagt Damdinbazar, a prime meenister o Mongolie in the early 1920s,
• Gelenkhüü, an inventor an hero o local fowklore.
• Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, activist, first Mongolie tae graduate frae Stanford
• Henning Haslund-Christensen, a Dens traveller an splorer, spent ane or twa years in a place that the day is in Erdenebulgan sum in the early 1920s. Some locals believe that Alan Gua, a female ancestor o Genghis Khan, hails frae wha is nou Chandmani-Öndör.

Livestock

In 2007, the aimag wis hame tae aboot 3.43 million heids o livestock, amang them aboot 1,510,000 gaits, 1,442,000 sheep, 322,000 cattle an yaks, 150,000 horse, 2,350 caumels, an 652 reindeer.^[6]

Transportation

The Mörön Airport (ZMMN/MXV) haes ane pavit runwa. It affers regular flichts frae an tae Ulaan Bator, an serves as intermediate stap intae the wastren Aimags an aw.

The Khatgal Airport (HTM) anerlie runs scheduled flichts frae an tae Ulaanbaatar in simmer, afferin a mair direct approach tae Lake Khövsgöl for the tourists.

The road distance frae Mörön tae Ulaanbaatar is 690 km. At present (2011), a new road is unner construction frae Mörön tae Lake Khövsgöl.

Admeenistrative Subdiveesion

The Sums o Khövsgöl Aimag

Sum	Mongolie	Population 1987 (approx.)[7]	Population 1994 [8]	Population 2000[9]	Population 2005[10]	Population 2009[11]	Sum centre population (2009)[11]	Aurie (km²)[6]	Densitie (/km²)
Alag-Erdene Khatgal	Алаг-Эрдэнэ Хатгал	2,300 7,000[12]	2,809 3,756	2,825 2,498	2,992 2,831	2,980 2,952	744 2,952	3,591.5 911,4	0.83 3.24
Arbulag	Арбулаг	3,100	4,272	4,487	4,164	3,989	728	3,529.21	1.13
Bayanzürkh	Баянзүрх	3,300	4,180	4,202	3,863	3,964	742	4,299.14	0.92
Bürentogtokh	Бүрэнтогтох	3,800	5,043	4,678	4,251	4,245	735	3,768.60	1.12
Chandmani-Öndör	Чандмань-Өндөр	2,100	2,891	3,063	2,944	3,006	1,018	4,487.54	0.67
Erdenebulgan	Эрдэнэбулган	2,300	3,086	2,739	2,849	2,763	1,060	4,694.38	0.59
Galt	Галт	4,400	5,573	5,328	4,876	5,132	777	3,596.83	1.43
Ikh-Uul	Их-Уул	3,200	3,767	3,959	4,126	4,170	1,387	2,023.82	2.06
Jargalant	Жаргалант	3,700	4,866	5,086	5,109	5,183	1,315	2,549.28	2.03
Khankh	Ханх	n.a.	2,227	2,140	2,346	2,460	1,422	5,498.71	0.45
Mörön	Мөрөн	n.a.	27,230	28,147	35,872	36,082	36,072	102.90	350.55
Rashaant	Рашаант	2,500	3,195	3,280	3,559	3,501	987	1,982.52	1.77
Renchinlkhümbe	Рэнчинлхүмбэ	3,900[13]	4,040	4,284	4,614	4,740	825	8,448.34	0.56
Shine-Ider	Шинэ-Идэр	3,900	4,616	4,348	4,068	3,824	1,718	2,053.56	1.86
Tarialan	Тариалан	4,800	6,122	6,070	5,936	6,085	3,272	3,430.67	1.77
Tömörbulag	Төмөрбулаг	3,100	4,084	4,171	4,353	4,174	613	2,521.72	1.66
Tosontsengel	Тосонцэнгэл	2,800	3,683	4,161	3,615	4,144	1,166	2,042.23	2,03
Tsagaannuur	Цагааннуур	900	1,248	1,317	1,405	1,547	708	5,408.30	0.29
Tsagaan-Uul	Цагаан-Уул	4,300	5,547	5,696	5,145	5,332	940	5,866.3	0.91
Tsagaan-Üür	Цагаан-Үүр	2,000	2,590	2,421	2,442	2,459	946	8,735.33	0.28
Tsetserleg	Цэцэрлэг	4,400	5,591	5,876	4,693	4,766	807	7,451.62	0.64
Tünel	Түнэл	2,900	3,579	3,556	3,465	3,528	1,105	3,577.33	0.99
Ulaan-Uul	Улаан-Уул	2,700	3,396	3,726	3,898	4,118	1,386	10,057.52	0.41

Notes an references

1. Statoids (Gwillim Law) web page
2. "National Statistical Office". Archived frae the original on 7 Juin 2007. Retrieved 23 Juin 2012.
3. National Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981
4. Khövsgöl Aimag Statistical Yearbook 2007^{[deid airtin]}
5. M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli, Ulaanbaatar 2001, p. 7, 35, 68, 148, 166, 190
6. Khövsgöl Aimag Statistical Yearbook 2007^{[deid airtin]}
7. Khövsgöl Aimgiin Atlas, Ulaanbaatar 1988,p.6
8. http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/oxfamannex1-4.pdf
9. M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli, Ulaanbaatar 2001,passim
10. Rural Poverty Reduction Programme: official site Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
11. Khövsgöl Aimak Statistical Yearbook 2009^{[deid airtin]}
12. population in 1990, acc. to M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli
13. incl. parts of Khankh

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