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 | |
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Scenery in the Khövsgöl Province | |
Coordinates: 49°38′N 100°10′E / 49.633°N 100.167°ECoordinates: 49°38′N 100°10′E / 49.633°N 100.167°E | |
Kintra | Mongolie |
Established | 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 |
Geography an History
eeditThe 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
eedit1956 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. |
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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] | ||
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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
eeditFamous 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
eeditIn 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
eeditThe 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
eeditSum | 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) |
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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
eedit- ↑ Statoids (Gwillim Law) web page
- ↑ "National Statistical Office". Archived frae the original on 7 Juin 2007. Retrieved 23 Juin 2012.
- ↑ National Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981
- ↑ Khövsgöl Aimag Statistical Yearbook 2007[deid airtin]
- ↑ M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli, Ulaanbaatar 2001, p. 7, 35, 68, 148, 166, 190
- ↑ a b Khövsgöl Aimag Statistical Yearbook 2007[deid airtin]
- ↑ Khövsgöl Aimgiin Atlas, Ulaanbaatar 1988,p.6
- ↑ http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/oxfamannex1-4.pdf
- ↑ M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli, Ulaanbaatar 2001,passim
- ↑ Rural Poverty Reduction Programme: official site Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ a b Khövsgöl Aimak Statistical Yearbook 2009[deid airtin]
- ↑ population in 1990, acc. to M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli
- ↑ incl. parts of Khankh
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