Khövsgöl Province

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

Geography an History


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 Statoids (Gwillim Law) web pageNational Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981Khövsgöl Aimag Statistical Yearbook 2007 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. 58,20064,00063,700 74,800 82,300 88,200 91,100101,800 119,133 113,312 117,123 117,914 124,126 123,416123,275

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 censusM. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli, Ulaanbaatar 2001, p. 7, 35, 68, 148, 166, 190 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

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.Khövsgöl Aimag Statistical Yearbook 2007

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 MongoliePopulation1987(approx.)Khövsgöl Aimgiin Atlas, Ulaanbaatar 1988,p.6Population1994http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/oxfamannex1-4.pdfPopulation2000M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli, Ulaanbaatar 2001,passimPopulation 2005Rural Poverty Reduction Programme: official site Population2009Khövsgöl Aimak Statistical Yearbook 2009 Sum centrepopulation(2009) Aurie(km²)  Densitie(/km²)  Alag-ErdeneKhatgal 2,3007,000population in 1990, acc. to M. Nyamaa, Khövsgöl aimgiin lavlakh toli2,8093,7562,8252,4982,9922,8312,9802,9527442,9523,591.5911,40.833.24 Arbulag                  3,100 4,2724,4874,1643,9897283,529.211.13 Bayanzürkh            3,300 4,1804,2023,8633,9647424,299.140.92 Bürentogtokh        3,800 5,0434,6784,2514,2457353,768.601.12 Chandmani-Öndör  2,100 2,8913,0632,9443,0061,0184,487.540.67 Erdenebulgan        2,300 3,086 2,7392,8492,7631,0604,694.380.59 Galt                        4,400 5,573 5,3284,8765,1327773,596.831.43 Ikh-Uul                  3,200 3,767 3,9594,1264,1701,3872,023.822.06 Jargalant        3,700 4,866 5,0865,1095,1831,3152,549.282.03 Khankh                  n.a. 2,227 2,1402,3462,4601,4225,498.710.45 Mörön                      n.a. 27,230 28,14735,87236,08236,072102.90350.55 Rashaant                2,500 3,1953,2803,5593,5019871,982.521.77 Renchinlkhümbe  3,900incl. parts of Khankh 4,0404,2844,6144,7408258,448.340.56 Shine-Ider              3,900 4,6164,3484,0683,8241,7182,053.561.86 Tarialan                4,800 6,1226,0705,9366,0853,2723,430.671.77 Tömörbulag            3,100 4,0844,1714,3534,1746132,521.721.66 Tosontsengel        2,800 3,6834,1613,6154,1441,1662,042.232,03 Tsagaannuur          900 1,2481,3171,4051,5477085,408.300.29 Tsagaan-Uul          4,300 5,5475,6965,1455,3329405,866.30.91 Tsagaan-Üür          2,000 2,5902,4212,4422,4599468,735.330.28 Tsetserleg            4,400 5,5915,8764,6934,7668077,451.620.64 Tünel                      2,900 3,5793,5563,4653,5281,1053,577.330.99 Ulaan-Uul              2,700 3,3963,7263,8984,1181,38610,057.520.41

Notes an references

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