Khovd Province

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

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 aimagnaitional censuses dataEthnicgroupMongolianname 1979%1989%2000%KhalkhaХалх17,34327.7220,39726.6423,83227.45Zakhchin Захчин14,46423.1217,22822.5021,64524.93KazakhКазак9,42515.0612,81416.7410,00511.52Torguud Торгууд5,5668.906,7038.766,9958.06Ööld Өөлд4,8237.715,6227.346,5037.49Uriankhai Урианхай4,5877.335,4037.066,5927.59Dörvöd Дөрвөд2,8564.563,6094.715,2426.04Myangad Мянгад2,8554.563,5174.594,2874.94Tuvan Тува--2390.317240.83Bayad  Баяд1290.212270.303770.43Uzbek  Чантуу1830.291870.242580.30Khoshuud Хошууд----1490.17Ither Mongolie ceetizens  930.151760.232030.23Foreigners  2410.394310.56190.02Tot   62,565100.0076,553100.0086,831100.00

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 Statoids (Gwillim Law) web page National Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981, GeoHive: Global StatisticsKhovd Aimag Statistical Office 2007 Annual Report 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. 42,30048,00047,300 54,000 59,200 62,600 64,50086,831 89,365 87,171 88,494 91,339 91.490 89,326 89,664 91,77092,39589,040

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 
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 Population1979 census Population1991 est. Population2007 est. Sum CentrePopulation Aurie(km²) Densitie(/km²) Distancefrae Khovdceety(km)  Altai           2,141  2,7123,23476713,1440.25310  Bulgan         7,052 9,169 9,6343,1718,1041.19335  Buyant         3,361 4,386 3,5331,5683,7590.9619  Chandmani   2,311 2,963 3,1556896,0160.52160  Darvi           2,402 2,775 2,5965795,6040.47204  Dörgön         1,715 2,555 3,0156594,1280.73106  Duut             1,675 2,189 2,0945022,1460.9876  Erdenebüren     2,258 3,210 3,3726962,7721.2260  Jargalant* 17,620 26,877 29,20728,601*70417.240  Khovd           3,927 4,850 4,5897192,8301.6327  Mankhan       3,273 4,352 4,5261,2584,3301.0580  Mönkhkhairkhan   1,811 2,337 2,5547442,5541.06155  Möst             3,239 4,092 3,5778093,9270.91180  Myangad       2,940 4,552 3,6627133,2581.1235  Tsetseg       2,189 2,645 2,5315703,4910.72216  Üyench         2,575 3,913 4,7601,4527,4760.64305  Zereg           2,388 3,092 3,0787962,5241.23130
* - 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 
 Expedition trip to the North-West Mongolia, Tomsk State University and the University of Hovd, cooperation. Video.  


Category:Provinces o Mongolie