Khovd Province
Khovd Aimag Ховд аймаг | |
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Province | |
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Coordinates: 47°0′N 92°45′E / 47.000°N 92.750°E | |
Kintra | Mongolie |
Caipital | Khovd |
Area | |
• Total | 76060.38 km2 (29,367.08 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 89,040 |
• Density | 1.2/km2 (3.0/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+7 |
Area code(s) | +976 (0)143 |
ISO 3166 code | MN-043 |
Website | hovd |
Khovd (Mongolie: Ховд) is ane o the 21 aimags (provinces) o Mongolie, locatit in the wast o the kintra. Its caipital is namit Khovd an aw.
Khovd is approximately 1,580 km frae Ulan Bator. It is considered remote even for Mongolie staundarts. Name is gien efter Khovd River locatit in this province.
Population
[eedit | eedit soorce]Khovd is distinguished bi its multi-cultural population. It is hame tae mair nor 17 naitionalities an ethnicities. Each o thir groups haes its awn destinct traditional dwellin an dounset pattern, dress an ither cultural destinctions, literary, airtistic, an muisical tradeetions. Thare is a rather lairge minority Kazakh-Mongol population that speaks baith Kazakh an Mongolie.
Ethnic group |
Mongolian name |
1979 | % | 1989 | % | 2000 | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Khalkha | Халх | 17,343 | 27.72 | 20,397 | 26.64 | 23,832 | 27.45 |
Zakhchin | Захчин | 14,464 | 23.12 | 17,228 | 22.50 | 21,645 | 24.93 |
Kazakh | Казак | 9,425 | 15.06 | 12,814 | 16.74 | 10,005 | 11.52 |
Torguud | Торгууд | 5,566 | 8.90 | 6,703 | 8.76 | 6,995 | 8.06 |
Ööld | Өөлд | 4,823 | 7.71 | 5,622 | 7.34 | 6,503 | 7.49 |
Uriankhai | Урианхай | 4,587 | 7.33 | 5,403 | 7.06 | 6,592 | 7.59 |
Dörvöd | Дөрвөд | 2,856 | 4.56 | 3,609 | 4.71 | 5,242 | 6.04 |
Myangad | Мянгад | 2,855 | 4.56 | 3,517 | 4.59 | 4,287 | 4.94 |
Tuvan | Тува | - | - | 239 | 0.31 | 724 | 0.83 |
Bayad | Баяд | 129 | 0.21 | 227 | 0.30 | 377 | 0.43 |
Uzbek | Чантуу | 183 | 0.29 | 187 | 0.24 | 258 | 0.30 |
Khoshuud | Хошууд | - | - | - | - | 149 | 0.17 |
Ither Mongolie ceetizens | 93 | 0.15 | 176 | 0.23 | 203 | 0.23 | |
Foreigners | 241 | 0.39 | 431 | 0.56 | 19 | 0.02 | |
Tot | 62,565 | 100.00 | 76,553 | 100.00 | 86,831 | 100.00 |
The Khovd aimag population growt stopped in 1991, then migration oot o the aimag (approx. 20,000 in 1992-2004) compensatit the naitural increase an confined aimag's population athin 87,000 – 92,000 leemits.
1956 census |
1960 est. |
1963 census |
1969 census |
1975 est. |
1979 census |
1981 est. |
1989 census |
1991 est. |
1993 est. |
1995 est. |
1997 est. |
1999 est. |
2000 census |
2002 est. |
2004 est. |
2006 est. |
2007 est. |
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42,300 | 48,000 | 47,300 | 54,000 | 59,200 | 62,600 | 64,500 | 86,831 | 89,365 | 87,171 | 88,494 | 91,339 | 91.490 | 89,326 | 89,664 | 91,770 | 92,395 | 89,040 |
Climate
[eedit | eedit soorce]Khovd is notorious for its hairsk wather cycles, as temperaturs regularly reach as heich as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) an as law as −30 degrees Celsius (−22 degrees Fahrenheit). The climate is dry, as it receives the same average rainfaw o Phoenix, Arizona each year.
Transportation
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Khovd Airport (HVD/ZMKD) haes twa runweys, ane o which is pavit, an gets servit bi regular flichts frae an tae Ulan Bator, Mörön, an Bulgan
Economy
[eedit | eedit soorce]The region aroond the ceety is famous in Mongolie for its wattermelon crop.
Thare is a sizable hydroelectric dambiggin project unnerwa that will theoretically generate enough electricity tae pouer the three maist wastren aimags (Uvs, Bayan-Ölgii, an Khovd). Currently, the ceety o Khovd is connectit tae the Roushie pouer grid an subject tae blackoots if it faws ahint in its payments.
Admeenistrative Subdiveesion
[eedit | eedit soorce]![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Mongolia_Khovd_sum_map.png/250px-Mongolia_Khovd_sum_map.png)
The Aimag caipital Khovd is geografically locatit in the Buyant sum, but is admeenistered as unthirlt Jargalant sum. The admeenistrative centre o the Khovd Sum is cried Khovd an aw, which is a common soorce o confusion. The ither admeenistrative centers cairy the name o the respective Sum as well.
Sum | Mongolie | Population 1979 census |
Population 1991 est. |
Population 2007 est. |
Sum Centre Population |
Aurie (km²)[1] |
Densitie (/km²) |
Distance frae Khovd ceety(km)[1] |
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Altai | Алтай | 2,141 | 2,712 | 3,234 | 767 | 13,144 | 0.25 | 310 |
Bulgan | Булган | 7,052 | 9,169 | 9,634 | 3,171 | 8,104 | 1.19 | 335 |
Buyant | Буянт | 3,361 | 4,386 | 3,533 | 1,568 | 3,759 | 0.96 | 19 |
Chandmani | Чандмань | 2,311 | 2,963 | 3,155 | 689 | 6,016 | 0.52 | 160 |
Darvi | Дарви | 2,402 | 2,775 | 2,596 | 579 | 5,604 | 0.47 | 204 |
Dörgön | Дөргөн | 1,715 | 2,555 | 3,015 | 659 | 4,128 | 0.73 | 106 |
Duut | Дуут | 1,675 | 2,189 | 2,094 | 502 | 2,146 | 0.98 | 76 |
Erdenebüren | Эрдэнэбүрэн | 2,258 | 3,210 | 3,372 | 696 | 2,772 | 1.22 | 60 |
Jargalant* | Жаргалант | 17,620 | 26,877 | 29,207 | 28,601* | 70 | 417.24 | 0 |
Khovd | Ховд | 3,927 | 4,850 | 4,589 | 719 | 2,830 | 1.63 | 27 |
Mankhan | Манхан | 3,273 | 4,352 | 4,526 | 1,258 | 4,330 | 1.05 | 80 |
Mönkhkhairkhan | Мөнххайрхан | 1,811 | 2,337 | 2,554 | 744 | 2,554 | 1.06 | 155 |
Möst | Мөст | 3,239 | 4,092 | 3,577 | 809 | 3,927 | 0.91 | 180 |
Myangad | Мянгад | 2,940 | 4,552 | 3,662 | 713 | 3,258 | 1.12 | 35 |
Tsetseg | Цэцэг | 2,189 | 2,645 | 2,531 | 570 | 3,491 | 0.72 | 216 |
Üyench | Үенч | 2,575 | 3,913 | 4,760 | 1,452 | 7,476 | 0.64 | 305 |
Zereg | Зэрэг | 2,388 | 3,092 | 3,078 | 796 | 2,524 | 1.23 | 130 |
* - The aimag caipital Khovd
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Natalia Rudaya, Pavel Tarasov, Nadezhda Dorofeyuk... Holocene environments and climate in the Mongolian Altai reconstructed from the Hoton-Nur pollen and diatom records: a step towards better understanding climate dynamics in Central Asia // Quaternary Science Reviews Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Expedition trip to the North-West Mongolia, Tomsk State University and the University of Hovd, cooperation. Video. Archived 2011-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ a b c "Khovd Aimak Statistical Office. 1983-2008 Dynamics Data Sheet". Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ Statoids (Gwillim Law) web page [1]
- ↑ "National Statistical Office". Archived frae the original on 7 Juin 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ National Economy of the Mongolian People's Republic (1921 - 1981), Ulaanbaatar 1981
- ↑ , GeoHive: Global Statistics
- ↑ a b Khovd Aimag Statistical Office 2007 Annual Report