Uvs Province


Uvs is one of the 21 aimags 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 the Russian Federation 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, 60% of population is Dörbet, 15% is Bayid and 15% is Khalkha. Also there are a number of Tuvans, Khotons and Kazakhs living in this province.
At the close of 2014, there were 20,719 households residing in this province of whom 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. 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.
SumMongolianPopulation
2003		Population
2014
BaruunturuunБаруунтуруун3,2412 449
BökhmörönБөхмөрөн2,2612 093
DavstДавст1,8541 570
KhovdХовд2,4632 237
KhyargasХяргас2,4912 314
MalchinМалчин2,9382 351
NaranbulagНаранбулаг4,8814 021
ÖlgiiӨлгий2,6292 147
ÖmnögoviӨмнөговь4,3354 192
ÖndörkhangaiӨндөрхангай3,5883 031
SagilСагил2,2452 201
TarialanТариалан5,1373 714
TesТэс6,0145 056
TsagaankhairkhanЦагаанхайрхан2,5982 011
TürgenТүргэн1,8672 018
UlaangomУлаангом26,94027 849
ZavkhanЗавхан2,2611 734
ZüüngoviЗүүнговь2,6442 640
ZüünkhangaiЗүүнхангай2,7252 104
Total population87 59275 737

Ulaangom is the Uvs province center.

Livestock

YearTotalCamelsHorsesCowsSheepGoats
20001,579,31818,23574,852105,737858,613521,881
20101,619,31214,51959,71884,378776,925683,772
20142,561,31519,51188,408145,4401,260,5221,047,434

Source: National Statistical Office of Mongolia