Töv Province

Töv (Mongolian: Төв, Mongolian pronunciation: [tʰөw̜], lit. "central") is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The national capital Ulaanbaatar is located roughly at its center, but the city itself is administrated as an independent municipality.

Töv Province

Төв аймаг
ᠲᠥᠪᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
The ruins of the Manjusri Monastery
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Coordinates: 47°30′N 106°15′E
CountryMongolia
Established1931 (1931)
CapitalZuunmod
Area
  Total74,042.37 km2 (28,587.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
  Total94,462
  Density1.3/km2 (3.3/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+8
Area code(s)+976 (0)127
ISO 3166 codeMN-047
Vehicle registrationТӨ_
Websitetov.gov.mn

Geography

The Aimag includes the western part of the Khentii Mountains, the mountains around the capital, as well as rolling steppe in the south and west. The most interesting body of water is the Tuul River, which crosses Ulaanbaatar and later joins the Orkhon River.

Population

The Töv aimag is populated primarily by Khalkha Mongols, major minority group of Kazakhs declined at intercensal period of massive out migration to the Kazakhstan, rest of minority groups grew off in migrations.

Ethnic groups in Töv aimag (self-identification) 1989, 2000 census[2]
GroupPopulation
Census 1989
Percentage
Census 1989
Population
Census 2000
Percentage
Census 2000
Halh94,77394.6%93,60494.2%
Kazakh2,1672.2%1,0651.1%
Buryat5900.6%8560.9%
Do'rbet7270.7%7700.8%
Bayid3170.3%7450.8%
Uriankhai4200.4%5240.5%
Tuvan2690.23%5000.5%
Zakhchin1600.2%2020.2%
Ööled610.1%1710.2%
other4200.4%6140.6%
foreigners1790.2%2170.2%
Total population100,088100%99,266100%

Traffic

The central traffic node is the enclave Ulaanbaatar. The city includes the largest station of the Trans-Mongolian Railway and the Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport. A small airport with an unpaved runway also exists in the aimag capital Zuunmod.

Culture

Manzushir Monastery is located near Zuunmod in the Bogd Khan Mountain national park. It was founded in 1733 and used to be the home of 20 temples and 300 monks. Most of it was destroyed by the communists, yet the last temple was restored after democratisation and hosts a small museum today.

National parks

The Gorkhi-Terelj National Park was founded in 1993. It covers a part of the Khentii Mountains. It is most well known for its spectacular rock formations, including a rock that looks like a giant turtle from the right perspective. The landscape has an alpine character, with larch and pine forests, sparkling mountain rivers, and very diverse flora and fauna.

In Khustain Nuruu National Park, about 120 km south west of Ulaanbaatar, the original wild horses, Takhi of Mongolia (Przewalski horses) have been released to the wild again in a process first begun in 1993. The project has been quite successful, and has developed into an attraction for both scientists and tourists.

The Gun-Galuut Nature Reserve is a protected area founded in 2003 to conserve globally threatened species and their habitat. The IUCN red-listed species - white-naped crane, hooded crane, Siberian white crane, swan goose and argali-wild mountain sheep and many other species listed in the National Red book of Mongolia are found here.

Because it is considered sacred, the mountain Mount Bogd Khan south of Ulaanbaatar has been a protected area since 1778. During socialism, it was formally established as a national park. This stopped the urban sprawl of the capital on its southern side.

Administrative subdivisions

Sums of Töv
The Sums of Töv Aimag [3][4]
Sum Mongolian Population
1980
Population
1986
Population
1992
Population
1998
Population
2005
Population
2007
totalsum
center
AltanbulagАлтанбулаг2,7012,8573,3573,6223,1043,0791,427
ArgalantАргалант1,5301,9412,6892,5051,8921,955916
ArkhustАрхуст1,4312,0062,2602,0861,6711,371516
BatsümberБатсүмбэр5,3905,8106,5056,7866,3586,5252,325
BayanБаян2,8473,3852,9032,5752,0622,0931,166
Bayan-ÖnjüülБаян-Өнжүүл2,7592,6212,9182,8172,5382,560579
BayanchandmaniБаянчандмань3,2444,0594,7693,6413,2683,3221,311
BayandelgerБаяндэлгэр2,5062,6002,6552,2031,2261,165580
BayanjargalanБаянжаргалан1,3771,3021,7181,7881,5831,623609
BayankhangaiБаянхангай1,3572,0622,2701,6931,4981,401746
BayantsagaanБаянцагаан2,1282,2362,6832,7372,3692,173988
BayantsogtБаянцогт3,5053,5753,9873,4061,8902,020958
BornuurБорнуур3,8164,0315,1454,4544,3724,6933,233
BürenБүрэн2,7142,7183,4523,6243,3033,209614
DelgerkhaanДэлгэрхаан2,0061,8672,2942,4992,0332,016635
ErdeneЭрдэнэ4,5234,3654,0673,4853,4243,6071,398
ErdenesantЭрдэнэсант3,4724,7355,7575,8555,0115,0101,893
JargalantЖаргалант4,2184,9416,0385,9755,7985,7812,156
LünЛүн2,6442,4003,2453,1512,5952,5151,302
MöngönmoritМөнгөнморьт2,0912,0992,3632,1971,9231,902908
ÖndörshireetӨндөрширээт2,1112,1122,4712,5251,9272,006582
SergelenСэргэлэн2,4902,2802,8312,4221,8551,884199
SümberСүмбэр1,1331,6082,2652,2101,6371,646690
TseelЦээл2,3182,7283,6053,9882,5132,3521,568
UgtaalУгтаал3,3664,0035,0074,1392,3972,2741,413
ZaamarЗаамар2,3543,0304,0025,6455,7215,8161,494
ZuunmodЗуунмод9,64912,73920,28516,03714,60014,83014,568

References

  1. Töv Aimag Population Yearbook 2008
  2. Census 2000 Töv aimag official report Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Töv aimag statistic office "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2008-05-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Töv Aimag Population Annual Report 2007
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