Uvs Province
Uvs (), is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the west of the country, away from the national capital Ulaanbaatar. Its capital is Ulaangom which lies above sea level. The province is named after Mongolia’s biggest lake, Uvs Lake. Geography. Parts of the steppe in this province are protected as the World Heritage Site "Ubsunur Hollow". In the north the province borders Russia for , whilst in the east of border lies between Uvs and Zavkhan province. In the south and west it borders for each of Khovd and Bayan-Ölgii provinces for . The province occupies 4.45 percent of the national territory, totalling . Of the total area of the province, sixty percent belongs to the mountainous climatic zone, and forty percent to the Gobi semi-desert. Population. Mongols and their proto-peoples have lived in the province since antiquity. Currently, 42.3% of population is Dörbet, 34.2% is Bayid and 13.6% is Khalkha. Also, there are many Tuvans, Khotons, and Kazakhs living in this province. At the end of 2014, 20,719 households were residing in this province. 7,476 lived in the provincial center Ulaangom, 4,105 lived in sum centers, and 9,138 lived in the  countryside as herding families. History. After the revolution in 1921 in Mongolia, on November 21, 1925 the government founded the Chandmani Uulyn Aimag (, "Jewel Mountain Province"). This province included the whole western part of the country, i.e., today’s Uvs, Khovd, and Bayan-Ölgii aimags. In 1931 Chandmani Uulyn aimag was split up into the Khovd and Dörvöd aimags. Dörvöd aimag () was renamed to Uvs aimag in 1933. Administrative subdivisions. Uvs province is divided into 19 sums, lower administrative division units. Livestock. Source: National Statistical Office of Mongolia