Govisümber Province

Govisümber Province Говьсүмбэр аймаг ᠭᠣᠪᠢᠰᠦᠮᠪᠦᠷᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
Province
Railroad station at Choir
Flag Coat of arms of Govisümber Province Coat of arms
Coordinates:
Country	Mongolia
Established	1994 (1994)
Capital	Choir
Area
• Total	5,541.80 km2 (2,139.70 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	15,891
• Density	2.9/km2 (7.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+08:00
Area code(s)	+976 7054xxxx
ISO 3166 code	MN-064
Website	http://www.govisumber.gov.mn/

Govisümber (Mongolian: Говьсүмбэр, literally Gobi-Sümber) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the center of the country. Its capital is Choir.

Sums of Govisümber

History

Borjigon clan said in "The Secret History of the Mongols" - one of the world great cultural and historical written relics, which was written in the 1240 - a year of white mouse. The great emperor Chinggis khan is a grandson of the Bodanchar in 11-th generation, who is the heir of the Burte Chono. It is stated in the historical literature that Bodanchar had separated from his brothers and founded the Borjigon clan. In 1691, when the Manchurian emperior Enkh-Amgalan made Mongolia its tributary state and divided four Mongolian aimags and seven khoshuus, there was founded Borjigon khoshuu of Setsen khan aimag.

In 1911 the name of the khoshuu is changed into Borjigon Setsen van khoshuu. In 1923 the name is changed into Otsol Sansar uuliin khoshuu. From 1931 it was called as Govisumber soum of the Töv aimag, Sumber soum of the Dornogovi aimag. From 1991 it was called as Choir city. From 1994 it is called as Govisumber aimag.

The Sums of Govisümber Aimag

Sum	Mongolian	Population (2003)	Population (2008)	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)	Sum centre population (2002)
Bayantal	Баянтал	838	851	1,084	916.06	0.92	120
Shiveegovi	Шивээговь	2,685	2,745	3,198	857.55	3.20	1,800
Sümber	Сүмбэр	8,996	9,719	11,609	3768.19	2.58	7,998 * (2006)

^* - The aimag capital Choir