 tÃ¶v (, lit. "central") is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of mongolia. the national capital ulaanbaatar is located roughly at its center, but the city itself is administrated as an independent municipality. == geography == the aimag includes the western part of the khentii mountains, the mountains around the capital, as well as rolling steppe in the south and west. the most interesting body of water is the tuul river, which crosses ulaanbaatar and later joins the orkhon river. == population == the tÃ¶v aimag is populated primarily by halh mongols, major minority group of kazakhs declined at intercensal period of massive out migration to the kazakhstan, rest of minority groups grew of in migrations. {| class="wikitable" ! align=center colspan=5 | ethnic groups in tÃ¶v aimag (self-identification) 1989, 2000 censuscensus 2000 tÃ¶v aimag official report  |- ! group !! population census 1989 !! percentagecensus 1989 || population census 2000 !! percentagecensus 2000 |- | halh || 94,773 || 94.6%||93,604 ||94.2% |- | kazakh || 2,167 || 2.2%||1,065 ||1.1% |- | buryat || 
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