Khovd Province

Khovd (Mongolian: Ховд) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the west of the country. Its capital is also named Khovd.

This article is about the province of Mongolia. For other uses, see Khovd (disambiguation).
Khovd Province

Ховд аймаг
ᠬᠣᠪᠳᠤᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
Province
Ruins of a fortress in Khovd Province
Flag
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°0′N 92°45′E
Country Mongolia
Established1931 (1931)
CapitalKhovd
Area
 • Total76,133.38 km2 (29,395.26 sq mi)
Highest elevation
4,204 m (13,793 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total87,363
 • Density1.1/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7
Area code(s)+976 (0)143
ISO 3166 codeMN-043
Vehicle registrationХО_
Websitekhovd.gov.mn

The Khovd province is approximately 1,580 km from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's capital. It takes its name from the Khovd River, which is located in this province.

Population

Khovd is distinguished by its multi-cultural population. It is home to more than 17 nationalities and ethnicities. Each of these groups has its own distinct traditional dwelling and settlement pattern, dress and other cultural distinctions, literary, artistic, and musical traditions.

Ethnic groups of Khovd aimag[1]
national censuses data
Ethnic
group		Mongolian
name		1979%1989%2000%
KhalkhaХалх17,34327.7220,39726.6423,83227.45
ZakhchinЗахчин14,46423.1217,22822.5021,64524.93
KazakhКазак9,42515.0612,81416.7410,00511.52
TorguudТоргууд5,5668.906,7038.766,9958.06
OlotsӨөлд4,8237.715,6227.346,5037.49
Altai UriankhaiУрианхай4,5877.335,4037.066,5927.59
DörvödДөрвөд2,8564.563,6094.715,2426.04
MyangadМянгад2,8554.563,5174.594,2874.94
TuvanТува--2390.317240.83
BayadБаяд1290.212270.303770.43
Chantuu/UyghurЧантуу1830.291870.242580.30
KhoshuudХошууд----1490.17
Other Mongolian citizens930.151760.232030.23
Foreigners2410.394310.56190.02
Total62,565100.0076,553100.0086,831100.00

The Khovd aimag population growth stopped in 1991, then migration out of the aimag (approx. 20,000 in 1992-2004) compensated the natural increase and confined aimag’s population within the limits of 87 thousand to 92 thousand since.

Khovd aimag population [2][3][4][5][6]
1956
census		 1960
est.		 1969
census		 1979
census		 1981
est.		 1989
census		 1995
est.		 2000
census		 2006
census		 2010
census
42,30048,00054,00062,60064,50086,83188,49489,32692,39582, 204

Climate

Khovd is notorious for its harsh weather cycles, as temperatures regularly reach as high as 40 °C or 104 °F during summer and as low as −30 °C or −22 °F during winter. The climate is dry, as it receives approximately the same average annual precipitation of Phoenix, Arizona.

Rivers

The major rivers are:

  • Hovd River
  • Bulgan River
  • Buyant River
  • Hoid tsenher River
  • Dund tsenher River
  • Uench River
  • Bodonch River

Lakes

Mountains

Altai Mountains

Transportation

The Khovd Airport (HVD/ZMKD) has two runways, one of which is paved, and gets served by regular flights from and to Ulaanbaatar, Mörön, and Bulgan. And flights are planned to Ürümqi city of Xingjiang.

Economy

The region around the Khovd city is famous in Mongolia for its watermelon crop. There is a sizable hydroelectric dam-building project underway that will theoretically generate enough electricity to power the three most western aimags (Uvs, Bayan-Ölgii, and Khovd). The city of Khovd is connected to the Russian power grid and subject to blackouts if it falls behind in its payments. Domestic and international tourism and sports hunting are a sizable industry of Khovd province. The natural environment, fresh and salt water lakes, mountains, valleys, caves, ancient rock paintings and fortresses are other sightseeing attractions.

Animal herding is the main economy of this province.

Number of livestock[7]
1950
census		 1960
census		 1970
census		 1980
census		 1990
census		 2000
census		 2005
census		 2010
census		 2014
census
1,131,7331,691,9341,539,5741,687,7032,070,6221,836,2721,963,7121,639,1002,625,577

Administrative subdivisions
Sums of Khovd Aimag

The aimag capital Khovd is geographically located in the Buyant sum, but is administered as independent Jargalant sum. The administrative center of the Khovd Sum is also called Khovd, which is a common source of confusion. The other administrative centers carry the name of the respective Sum as well.

The sums of Khovd Aimag[6]
Sum Mongolian Population
1979 census		 Population
1991 est.		 Population
2007 est.		 Population
2010 est.		 Major Ethnic. Sum Centre
Population		 Area
(km²)[1]		 Density
(/km²)		 Distance
from Khovd
city(km)[1]
AltaiАлтай2,1412,7123,2342 849Zahchin76713,1440.25310
BulganБулган7,0529,1699,6348 262Torguud3,1718,1041.19335
BuyantБуянт3,3614,3863,5332 673Halh/Tuva1,5683,7590.9619
ChandmaniЧандмань2,3112,9633,1552 469Halh6896,0160.52160
DarviДарви2,4022,7752,5962 362Halh5795,6040.47204
DörgönДөргөн1,7152,5553,0152 266Dorvod6594,1280.73106
DuutДуут1,6752,1892,0941 287Urianhai5022,1460.9876
ErdenebürenЭрдэнэбүрэн2,2583,2103,3721 995Oold6962,7721.2260
Jargalant*Жаргалант17,62026,87729,20729 012Halh/Mixed28,601*70417.240
KhovdХовд3,9274,8504,5892 722Halh7192,8301.6327
MankhanМанхан3,2734,3524,5263 480Zahchin1,2584,3301.0580
MönkhkhairkhanМөнххайрхан1,8112,3372,5541 955Urianhai/Zahchin7442,5541.06155
MöstМөст3,2394,0923,5772 939Zahchin8093,9270.91180
MyangadМянгад2,9404,5523,6622 615Myangad7133,2581.1235
TsetsegЦэцэг2,1892,6452,5312 423Halh5703,4910.72216
ÜyenchҮенч2,5753,9134,7604 024Zahchin1,4527,4760.64305
ZeregЗэрэг2,3883,0923,0782 727Zahchin7962,5241.23130

* - The aimag capital Khovd

References
  1. Khovd Aimak Statistical Office. 1983-2008 Dynamics Data Sheet Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Statoids (Gwillim Law) web page
  3. National Statistical Office Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. National Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981
  5. , GeoHive: Global Statistics
  6. Khovd Aimag Statistical Office 2007 Annual Report
  7. Annual livestock census data. The National Statistical Office of Mongolia. http://khovd.nso.mn/page/650
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