Töv Province
Töw Province Төв аймаг ᠲᠥᠪᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ | |
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![]() The ruins o the Manjusri Monastery | |
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Coordinates: 47°30′N 106°15′E / 47.500°N 106.250°ECoordinates: 47°30′N 106°15′E / 47.500°N 106.250°E | |
Kintra | Mongolie |
Established | 1931 |
Caipital | Zuunmod |
Area | |
• Total | 74042.37 km2 (28,587.92 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 85,166 |
• Density | 1.2/km2 (3.0/sq mi) |
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Time zone | UTC+8 |
Area code(s) | +976 (0)127 |
ISO 3166 code | MN-047 |
Vehicle registration | ТӨ_ |
Website | tov |
Töv (Mongolie: Төв, 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
[eedit | eedit soorce]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
[eedit | eedit soorce]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 census[2] | ||||
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Group | Population Census 1989 |
Percentage Census 1989 |
Population Census 2000 |
Percentage Census 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% | 745 | 0.8% |
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% | 99,266 | 100% |
Traffic
[eedit | eedit soorce]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
[eedit | eedit soorce]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
[eedit | eedit soorce]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
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Sum | Mongolie | Population 1980 |
Population 1986 |
Population 1992 |
Population 1998 |
Population 2005 |
Population 2007 | |
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tot | sum center | |||||||
Altanbulag | Алтанбулаг | 2,701 | 2,857 | 3,357 | 3,622 | 3,104 | 3,079 | 1,427 |
Argalant | Аргалант | 1,530 | 1,941 | 2,689 | 2,505 | 1,892 | 1,955 | 916 |
Arkhust | Архуст | 1,431 | 2,006 | 2,260 | 2,086 | 1,671 | 1,371 | 516 |
Batsümber | Батсүмбэр | 5,390 | 5,810 | 6,505 | 6,786 | 6,358 | 6,525 | 2,325 |
Bayan | Баян | 2,847 | 3,385 | 2,903 | 2,575 | 2,062 | 2,093 | 1,166 |
Bayan-Önjüül | Баян-Өнжүүл | 2,759 | 2,621 | 2,918 | 2,817 | 2,538 | 2,560 | 579 |
Bayanchandmani | Баянчандмань | 3,244 | 4,059 | 4,769 | 3,641 | 3,268 | 3,322 | 1,311 |
Bayandelger | Баяндэлгэр | 2,506 | 2,600 | 2,655 | 2,203 | 1,226 | 1,165 | 580 |
Bayanjargalan | Баянжаргалан | 1,377 | 1,302 | 1,718 | 1,788 | 1,583 | 1,623 | 609 |
Bayanhangai | Баянхангай | 1,357 | 2,062 | 2,270 | 1,693 | 1,498 | 1,401 | 746 |
Bayantsagaan | Баянцагаан | 2,128 | 2,236 | 2,683 | 2,737 | 2,369 | 2,173 | 988 |
Bayantsogt | Баянцогт | 3,505 | 3,575 | 3,987 | 3,406 | 1,890 | 2,020 | 958 |
Bornuur | Борнуур | 3,816 | 4,031 | 5,145 | 4,454 | 4,372 | 4,693 | 3,233 |
Büren | Бүрэн | 2,714 | 2,718 | 3,452 | 3,624 | 3,303 | 3,209 | 614 |
Delgerhaan | Дэлгэрхаан | 2,006 | 1,867 | 2,294 | 2,499 | 2,033 | 2,016 | 635 |
Erdene | Эрдэнэ | 4,523 | 4,365 | 4,067 | 3,485 | 3,424 | 3,607 | 1,398 |
Erdenesant | Эрдэнэсант | 3,472 | 4,735 | 5,757 | 5,855 | 5,011 | 5,010 | 1,893 |
Jargalant | Жаргалант | 4,218 | 4,941 | 6,038 | 5,975 | 5,798 | 5,781 | 2,156 |
Lün | Лүн | 2,644 | 2,400 | 3,245 | 3,151 | 2,595 | 2,515 | 1,302 |
Möngönmorit | Мөнгөнморьт | 2,091 | 2,099 | 2,363 | 2,197 | 1,923 | 1,902 | 908 |
Öndörshireet | Өндөрширээт | 2,111 | 2,112 | 2,471 | 2,525 | 1,927 | 2,006 | 582 |
Sergelen | Сэргэлэн | 2,490 | 2,280 | 2,831 | 2,422 | 1,855 | 1,884 | 199 |
Sümber | Сүмбэр | 1,133 | 1,608 | 2,265 | 2,210 | 1,637 | 1,646 | 690 |
Tseel | Цээл | 2,318 | 2,728 | 3,605 | 3,988 | 2,513 | 2,352 | 1,568 |
Ugtaal | Угтаал | 3,366 | 4,003 | 5,007 | 4,139 | 2,397 | 2,274 | 1,413 |
Zaamar | Заамар | 2,354 | 3,030 | 4,002 | 5,645 | 5,721 | 5,816 | 1,494 |
Zuunmod | Зуунмод | 9,649 | 12,739 | 20,285 | 16,037 | 14,600 | 14,830 | 14,568 |