Khovd Province

Khovd (Mongolie: Ховд) is ane o the 21 aimags (provinces) o Mongolie, locatit in the wast o the kintra. Its caipital is namit Khovd an aw.

Khovd Aimag Ховд аймаг
Province
Banner Coat airms
Coordinates: 47°0′N 92°45′E
Kintra	Mongolie
Caipital	Khovd
Area
• Total	76060.38 km2 (29,367.08 sq mi)
Population
• Total	89,040
• Density	1.2/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7
Area code(s)	+976 (0)143
ISO 3166 code	MN-043
Website	hovd.gov.mn

Khovd is approximately 1,580 km frae Ulan Bator. It is considered remote even for Mongolie staundarts. Name is gien efter Khovd River locatit in this province.

Population

Khovd is distinguished bi its multi-cultural population. It is hame tae mair nor 17 naitionalities an ethnicities. Each o thir groups haes its awn destinct traditional dwellin an dounset pattern, dress an ither cultural destinctions, literary, airtistic, an muisical tradeetions. Thare is a rather lairge minority Kazakh-Mongol population that speaks baith Kazakh an Mongolie.

Ethnic groups o Khovd aimag
naitional censuses data

Ethnic group	Mongolian name	1979	%	1989	%	2000	%
Khalkha	Халх	17,343	27.72	20,397	26.64	23,832	27.45
Zakhchin	Захчин	14,464	23.12	17,228	22.50	21,645	24.93
Kazakh	Казак	9,425	15.06	12,814	16.74	10,005	11.52
Torguud	Торгууд	5,566	8.90	6,703	8.76	6,995	8.06
Ööld	Өөлд	4,823	7.71	5,622	7.34	6,503	7.49
Uriankhai	Урианхай	4,587	7.33	5,403	7.06	6,592	7.59
Dörvöd	Дөрвөд	2,856	4.56	3,609	4.71	5,242	6.04
Myangad	Мянгад	2,855	4.56	3,517	4.59	4,287	4.94
Tuvan	Тува	-	-	239	0.31	724	0.83
Bayad	Баяд	129	0.21	227	0.30	377	0.43
Uzbek	Чантуу	183	0.29	187	0.24	258	0.30
Khoshuud	Хошууд	-	-	-	-	149	0.17
Ither Mongolie ceetizens		93	0.15	176	0.23	203	0.23
Foreigners		241	0.39	431	0.56	19	0.02
Tot		62,565	100.00	76,553	100.00	86,831	100.00

The Khovd aimag population growt stopped in 1991, then migration oot o the aimag (approx. 20,000 in 1992-2004) compensatit the naitural increase an confined aimag's population athin 87,000 – 92,000 leemits.

Khovd aimag population

1956 census	1960 est.	1963 census	1969 census	1975 est.	1979 census	1981 est.	1989 census	1991 est.	1993 est.	1995 est.	1997 est.	1999 est.	2000 census	2002 est.	2004 est.	2006 est.	2007 est.
42,300	48,000	47,300	54,000	59,200	62,600	64,500	86,831	89,365	87,171	88,494	91,339	91.490	89,326	89,664	91,770	92,395	89,040

Climate

Khovd is notorious for its hairsk wather cycles, as temperaturs regularly reach as heich as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) an as law as −30 degrees Celsius (−22 degrees Fahrenheit). The climate is dry, as it receives the same average rainfaw o Phoenix, Arizona each year.

Transportation

The Khovd Airport (HVD/ZMKD) haes twa runweys, ane o which is pavit, an gets servit bi regular flichts frae an tae Ulan Bator, Mörön, an Bulgan

Economy

The region aroond the ceety is famous in Mongolie for its wattermelon crop.

Thare is a sizable hydroelectric dambiggin project unnerwa that will theoretically generate enough electricity tae pouer the three maist wastren aimags (Uvs, Bayan-Ölgii, an Khovd). Currently, the ceety o Khovd is connectit tae the Roushie pouer grid an subject tae blackoots if it faws ahint in its payments.

Admeenistrative Subdiveesion

Sums o Khovd Aimag

The Aimag caipital Khovd is geografically locatit in the Buyant sum, but is admeenistered as unthirlt Jargalant sum. The admeenistrative centre o the Khovd Sum is cried Khovd an aw, which is a common soorce o confusion. The ither admeenistrative centers cairy the name o the respective Sum as well.

The sums o Khovd Aimag

Sum	Mongolie	Population 1979 census	Population 1991 est.	Population 2007 est.	Sum Centre Population	Aurie (km²)	Densitie (/km²)	Distance frae Khovd ceety(km)
Altai	Алтай	2,141	2,712	3,234	767	13,144	0.25	310
Bulgan	Булган	7,052	9,169	9,634	3,171	8,104	1.19	335
Buyant	Буянт	3,361	4,386	3,533	1,568	3,759	0.96	19
Chandmani	Чандмань	2,311	2,963	3,155	689	6,016	0.52	160
Darvi	Дарви	2,402	2,775	2,596	579	5,604	0.47	204
Dörgön	Дөргөн	1,715	2,555	3,015	659	4,128	0.73	106
Duut	Дуут	1,675	2,189	2,094	502	2,146	0.98	76
Erdenebüren	Эрдэнэбүрэн	2,258	3,210	3,372	696	2,772	1.22	60
Jargalant*	Жаргалант	17,620	26,877	29,207	28,601*	70	417.24	0
Khovd	Ховд	3,927	4,850	4,589	719	2,830	1.63	27
Mankhan	Манхан	3,273	4,352	4,526	1,258	4,330	1.05	80
Mönkhkhairkhan	Мөнххайрхан	1,811	2,337	2,554	744	2,554	1.06	155
Möst	Мөст	3,239	4,092	3,577	809	3,927	0.91	180
Myangad	Мянгад	2,940	4,552	3,662	713	3,258	1.12	35
Tsetseg	Цэцэг	2,189	2,645	2,531	570	3,491	0.72	216
Üyench	Үенч	2,575	3,913	4,760	1,452	7,476	0.64	305
Zereg	Зэрэг	2,388	3,092	3,078	796	2,524	1.23	130

^* - The aimag caipital Khovd

References

• Natalia Rudaya, Pavel Tarasov, Nadezhda Dorofeyuk... Holocene environments and climate in the Mongolian Altai reconstructed from the Hoton-Nur pollen and diatom records: a step towards better understanding climate dynamics in Central Asia // Quaternary Science Reviews Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Expedition trip to the North-West Mongolia, Tomsk State University and the University of Hovd, cooperation. Video. Archived 2011-08-08 at the Wayback Machine