Töv Province

Töv (, lit. "central") is ane o the 21 aimags (provinces) o Mongolie. The naitional caipital Ulaanbaatar is locatit roughly at its center, but the ceety itsel is admeenistrated as an independent municipality.

 Geography 
The Aimag includes the wastren pairt o the Khentii Muntains, the muntains aroond the caipital, as well as rollin steppe in the sooth an wast.
The maist interestin body o watter is the Tuul River, which crosses Ulaanbaatar an later joins the Orkhon River.

 Population 
The Töv aimag is populatit primarily bi Khalha Mongols, major minority group o Kazakhs declined at intercensal period o massive oot migration tae Kazakhstan, rest o minority groups grew o in migrations.

 Ethnic groups in Töv aimag (self-identification) 1989, 2000 censusCensus 2000 Töv 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  590  0.6%856 0.9%   Do'rbet  727  0.7%770 0.8%   Bayid  317  0.3% 7450.8%   Uriankhai  420  0.4%524 0.5%   Tuvan  269  0.23%500 0.5%   Zakhchin  160  0.2% 202  0.2% Ööled  61  0.1%171   0.2% ither  420  0.4%614 0.6%   foreigners  179  0.2% 217  0.2% Tot population  100,088  100% 99,266100%  

 Traffic 
The central traffeck node is the enclave Ulan Bator. The ceety includes the lairgest station o the Trans-Mongolian Railway an the Chinggis Khaan International Airport.
A sma airport wi an unpavit runway an aw exists in the aimag caipital Zuunmod.

 Cultur 
Manzushir Monastery is locatit near Zuunmod in the Bogd Khan Muntain naitional pairk.
It wis foundit in 1733 an uised tae be the hame o 20 temples an 300 monks.  Maist o it wis destroyed bi the communists, yet the last temple wis restored efter democratisation an hosts a sma museum the day.

 Naitional pairks 
The Gorkhi-Terelj Naitional Pairk wis foondit in 1993. It covers a pairt o the Khentii Muntains.  It is maist weel kent for its spectacular rock formations, includin a rock that leuks lik a giant turtle frae the richt perspective.  The landscape haes an alpine character, wi larch an pine forests, sparklin muntain rivers, an vera diverse flora an fauna.

In Khustain Nuruu Naitional Pairk, aboot 120 km sooth wast o Ulaanbaatar, the oreeginal wild horse, Takhi o Mongolie (Przewalski horse) hae been released tae the wild again in a process first begun in 1993. The project haes been quite successfu, an haes developit intae an attraction for baith scientists an tourists.

The Gun-Galuut Natur Reserve is a protectit aurie foondit in 2003 tae conserve globally threatened species an thair habitat. The IUCN red-leetit species - White-naped Crane, Huidit Crane, Siberie White Crane, Swan guiss an Argali-Wild muntain sheep an mony ither species leetit in the Naitional Reid beuk o Mongolie are foond here.

Acause it is considered saucrit, the muntain Moont Bogd Khan sooth o Ulaanbaatar haes been a protectit aurie syne 1778. Durin socialism, it wis formally established as a naitional pairk. This stopped the urban sprawl o the caipital on its soothren side.

 Admeenistrative subdiveesions 

+ The Sums o Töv Aimag Töv aimag statistic officeTöv Aimag Population Annual Report 2007 Sum Mongolie Population1980 Population1986 Population1992 Population1998 Population2005 Population2007 totsumcenter Altanbulag   2,7012,857 3,357 3,622 3,1043,0791,427 Argalant         1,5301,941 2,689 2,505 1,8921,955916 Arkhust          1,4312,006 2,260 2,086 1,6711,371516 Batsümber        5,3905,810 6,505 6,786 6,3586,5252,325 Bayan 2,8473,385 2,903 2,575 2,0622,0931,166 Bayan-Önjüül    2,7592,621 2,918 2,817 2,5382,560579 Bayanchandmani   3,2444,059 4,769 3,641 3,2683,3221,311 Bayandelger      2,5062,600 2,655 2,203 1,2261,165580 Bayanjargalan    1,3771,302 1,718 1,788 1,5831,623609 Bayanhangai     1,3572,062 2,270 1,693 1,4981,401746 Bayantsagaan   2,1282,236 2,683 2,737 2,3692,173988 Bayantsogt       3,5053,575 3,987 3,406 1,8902,020958 Bornuur          3,8164,031 5,145 4,454 4,3724,6933,233 Büren   2,7142,718 3,452 3,624 3,3033,209614 Delgerhaan      2,0061,867 2,294 2,499 2,0332,016635 Erdene   4,5234,365 4,067 3,485 3,4243,6071,398 Erdenesant       3,4724,735 5,757 5,855 5,0115,0101,893 Jargalant   4,2184,941 6,038 5,975 5,7985,7812,156 Lün              2,6442,400 3,245 3,151 2,5952,5151,302 Möngönmorit      2,0912,099 2,363 2,197 1,9231,902908 Öndörshireet     2,1112,112 2,471 2,525 1,9272,006582 Sergelen         2,4902,280 2,831 2,422 1,8551,884199 Sümber           1,1331,608 2,265 2,210 1,6371,646690 Tseel  2,3182,728 3,605 3,988 2,5132,3521,568 Ugtaal           3,3664,003 5,007 4,139 2,3972,2741,413 Zaamar           2,3543,030 4,002 5,645 5,7215,8161,494 Zuunmod          9,64912,739 20,285 16,037 14,60014,83014,568

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Category:Provinces o Mongolie