Bayan-Ölgii Province

Bayan-Ölgii (; , Rich cradle/region, alternately spelled Olgiy, Ulgii, etc.) is the wastmaist o the 21 aimags (provinces) o Mongolie. The aimag wis established in 1940.  Its caipital is Ölgii.

 Geography 
The aimag is locatit in the extreme wast o the kintra, an shares borders wi baith Roushie an Cheenae. The mairch atween the twa neeebourin kintras is vera short here, tho, an ends efter aboot 40 km at the eastren end o Kazakhstan. Athin Mongolie, the neebourin aimags are Uvs in the north east an Khovd in the sootheast..
Bayan-Ölgii is the heichest Mongolie aimag. For the maist pairt it is locatit in the Mongolie Altay, at the transition pynt tae the Roushie Altay. Aboot 10% o the territory are covered bi forests, consistin primarily o Siberie Larch.

The Nairamdal Peak (an aw Friendship Peak, Cheenese: Youyi Feng) o the Altai Tavan Bogd (five saunts muntain) massif muntain marks the corner atween the three neebourin kintras. Aboot 2.5 km further sooth on the Mongolie-Cheenese border, the Hüiten Peak is the heichest pynt o Mongolie wi 4374 m. The massif includes several glaciers, sic as the 19 km Potanin Glacier, an is anerlie accessible tae experiencit climbers wi local guidance.

The Khovd River (the langest in the wastren Mongolie Great Lakes Depression) haes its oreegin in this aimag. It is fed bi the three lakes Khoton, Khurgan, an Dayan, an in turn feeds the lake Khar-Us Lake in the Khovd Aimag. The Tolbo Lake is a lairge saline lake aboot 50 km sooth o the aimag caipital. It features clear an cauld watter on an elevation o 2080 m.

 Population 
Maist indwallers o Bayan-Ölgii are Kazakhs (88.7%). Smawer pairts o the population are componed o Uriankhai (7.2%), Dörvöd (1.5%),Official website: Main Page  Khalkha, Tuva an Khoshuud. A significant portion o the population speaks Kazakh as thair mither tongue an the Mongolie leid anerlie as a seicont leid, if at aw.

Efter democratization, mony indwallers muivit tae thair historical hameland, Kazakhstan, assumin thay wad fynd a better futur thare. The result wis a noticeable loss o population in 1991-1993, when approx. 30,000 wur repatriatit tae Kazakhstan. A noticeable nummer o umwhile immigrants hae been returnin, sae that the population haes risen again noticeably.

+ Bayan-Ölgii aimag population  1956  census 1960  est. 1963  census 1969  census 1975  est. 1979  census 1981  est. 1985  est. 1989  census 1991  est. 1993  est. 1995  est. 1998  est. 2000  census 2002  est. 2004  est. 2005  est. 2008  est. 2009  est. 38,80044,60047,800 58,100 66,600 71,400 74,50082,40090,900 102,817 75,043 82,259 87,341 94,094 98,066 99,112 95,75893,93193,017

 Culture 

The cultur o the Kazakh majority is strangly influenced bi Islamic tradeetions.
The mosque o Ölgii an aw houses the Islamic Center o Mongolie. It is placed at an unusual angle within the fabric o the city, acause the building wis oriented exactly towards Mecca. Thare's an aw a Madrasah (Islamic schuil) at the same place.

The aimag is famous for the traditional huntin method uisin trained eagles. The ainimals work in a seemilar wey as huntin falcons dae. While eagles are uised for huntin in ither pairts o the warld, this aurie is arguably the birth place o eagle falconry.

 Traffic 
The Ölgii Airport (ULG/ZMUL) haes ane unpavit runway. It affers regular flichts tae Ulaanbaatar an irregular flichts tac Almaty in Kazakhstan.

A road connectin tae Roushie starts in Tsagaannuur.

The mairch wi Cheenae is open anerlie for a short time in the simmer.

 Naitional pairks 
The Altai Tavan Bogd Naitional Pairk covers 6,362 km² an is locatit sooth o the heichest muntain o Mongolie. It includes the lakes Khoton, Khurgan, an Dayan. The protectit aurie affers a hame for mony species o alpine ainimal, sic as the Argali sheep, Ibex, Red deer, Beech marten, Moose, Snaw cock, an Golden eagle.

The Khökh Serkhiin Nuruu Protectit Aurie (659 km²) an the Siilkhemiin Nuruu Naitional Pairk (1,428 km²) are o seemilar character.

The Develiin Aral Natural Reserve (103 km²) is established aroond Develiin Island at the confluence o the rivers Lsan Khooloi an Khovd. Syne 2000 it haes providit pertection for various birds an ainimals includin pheasants, boars, an beavers.

The Tsambagarav Uul National Park includes 1,115 km² o land aroond the glaciers near the Khovd aimag an protects the snaw leopards livin thare, amang ithers.

 Admeenistrative subdiveesions 

+ The Sums o Bayan-Ölgii aimag Sum Mongolie Sumpopulation(1985) Sumpopulation(1994)http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/oxfamannex1-4.pdf Sumpopulation(2005) Sumpopulation(2008) Sumpopulation(2009)Bayan-Ölgii Aimag Statistical Office. Annual Report 2009 (prelim.)  (mong.) Sumcentrepopulation(2009) Aurie(km²)Bayan-Ölgii Aimag Annual Statistical Report 2008  Density(/km²) Distancefrae
Ölgiicity(km) Altai  3,400 3,237 3,9143,6593,8119733,163.56 1.20 112 Altantsögts  3,300 3,038 3,0383,1143,0808261,786.10 1.7243 Bayannuur  4,800 4,507 5,3205,0125,0331,7842,339.50 2.15126 Bugat  3,300 2,777 3,6043,7413,6421,1612,049.10 1.785 Bulgan  5,000 5,115 5,9015,8275,5289444,977.33 1.11294 Buyant  2,300 2,546 3,0022,6832,5146531,845.671.3672 Delüün  6,600 6,782 8,1837,0787,1331,6425,594.99 1.27158 Nogoonnuur  7,500 *6,331 6,5396,5666,3752,1655,221.94 *1.22 *92 Ölgii (city)  24,000 21,569 28,24828,49628,44828,448100.92 281.890 Sagsai  4,100 3,746 5,1855,1745,0891,3753,139.99 1.6227 Tolbo  4,100 3,746 4,2604,0764,1361,0672,974.69 1.3976 Tsagaannuur - 1,878 1,5281,4521,4731,473- -69 Tsengel  6,700 6,539 8,3648,3058,3482,0286,463.17 1.2979 Ulaankhus  7,300 6,807 8,6728,7488,4071,4806,047.93 1.3946

* - Tsagaannuur includin

 References 

Freemit airtins
Bayan-Ulgii blog


Category:Provinces o Mongolie