Uvs Province

Uvs Province Увс аймаг ᠤᠪᠰᠤᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
Province
Flag Official seal of Uvs Province Seal
Coordinates:
Country	Mongolia
Established	1931
Capital	Ulaangom
Area
• Total	69,585.39 km2 (26,867.07 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	75,737
• Density	1.1/km2 (2.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7
Area code(s)	+976 (0)145
ISO 3166 code	MN-046
Website	uvs.gov.mn

Uvs (Mongolian: Увс аймаг) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the west of the country, 1336 km away from the national capital Ulaanbaatar. Its capital is Ulaangom which lies 936 m 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 640 km, in the east 340 km of border lies between Uvs and Zavkhan province. In the south and west it borders with Khovd and Bayan-Ölgii provinces for 200 km each. The province occupies 4.45% of the national territory, which is equivalent of 69,585 km². Of the total area of the province, 60% belongs to the mountainous climatic zone, and 40% to the Gobi semi-desert.

Population

Mongols and their proto-peoples have lived in the province since antiquity. Now, 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.

As of end of 2014, there were 20,719 households residing in this province of which 7,476 lived in the provincial center Ulaangom, 4,105 lived in soum 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 (Чандмань уулын аймаг, Jewel Mountain Province). 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 (Дөрвөд аймаг) was renamed to Uvs aimag in 1933.

Administrative subdivision

Uvs province is divided into 19 sums, lower administrative division units.

Sums of Uvs

The sums of Uvs Aimag

Sum	Mongolian	Population 2003	Population 2014
Baruunturuun	Баруунтуруун	3,241	2 449
Bökhmörön	Бөхмөрөн	2,261	2 093
Davst	Давст	1,854	1 570
Khovd	Ховд	2,463	2 237
Khyargas	Хяргас	2,491	2 314
Malchin	Малчин	2,938	2 351
Naranbulag	Наранбулаг	4,881	4 021
Ölgii	Өлгий	2,629	2 147
Ömnögovi	Өмнөговь	4,335	4 192
Öndörkhangai	Өндөрхангай	3,588	3 031
Sagil	Сагил	2,245	2 201
Tarialan	Тариалан	5,137	3 714
Tes	Тэс	6,014	5 056
Tsagaankhairkhan	Цагаанхайрхан	2,598	2 011
Türgen	Түргэн	1,867	2 018
Ulaangom	Улаангом	26,940	27 849
Zavkhan	Завхан	2,261	1 734
Züüngovi	Зүүнговь	2,644	2 640
Züünkhangai	Зүүнхангай	2,725	2 104
Total population		87 592	75 737

^1 Ulaangom is the Uvs province center.

Livestock

Year	Total	Camels	Horses	Cows	Sheep	Goats
2000	1,579,318	18,235	74,852	105,737	858,613	521,881
2010	1,619,312	14,519	59,718	84,378	776,925	683,772
2014	2,561,315	19,511	88,408	145,440	1,260,522	1,047,434

Source: National Statistical Office of Mongolia