Provinces of Mongolia

Mongolia is divided into 21 provinces or aimags (аймгууд, aimguud) and one provincial municipality. Each aimag is subdivided into several districts.

Aimag Аймаг ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ

Category	First level administrative division of a unitary state
Location	Mongolia
Number	21 Aimags
Populations	Lowest: 18,349 (Govisümber) Highest: 1,677,872 (Ulaanbaatar)
Areas	Lowest: 844.0 km² (325.9 sq mi) (Orkhon) Highest: 165,380.47 km² (63,853.76 sq mi) (Ömnögovi)
Government	Government of Mongolia

The modern provinces have been established since 1921. The capital, Ulaanbaatar, is governed as an independent provincial municipality separate from Töv Province, inside which it is situated.

List of provinces

Bayan-
Ölgii

Uvs

Khovd

Zavkhan

Govi-Altai

Bayankhongor

Arkhangai

Khövsgöl

Bulgan

Orkhon

Övörkhangai

Ömnögovi

Dundgovi

Töv

Ulaanbaatar

Selenge

Darkhan-Uul

Govisümber

Dornogovi

Khentii

Sükhbaatar

Dornod

Clickable map of Mongolian provinces

Provinces (Aimags)	Name in Mongolian	Year established	Area (km²)	Population ^{2020 Census}	Density	Capital
Arkhangai	ᠠᠷᠤᠬᠠᠩᠭᠠᠢAruqaŋgai	1931	55,313.82	94,994	1.72	Tsetserleg
Bayankhongor	ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠬᠣᠩᠭᠣᠷBayanqoŋgor	1941	115,977.80	88,672	0.76	Bayankhongor
Bayan-Ölgii	ᠪᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨ ᠥᠯᠦᠭᠡᠢBayan Ölügei	1940	45,704.89	108,530	2.37	Ölgii
Bulgan	ᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨBulagan	1938	48,733.00	62,089	1.27	Bulgan
Darkhan-Uul	ᠳᠠᠷᠬᠠᠨ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠDarqan Agula	1994	3,275.00	107,018	33	Darkhan
Dornod	ᠳᠣᠷᠤᠨᠠᠳᠤDorunadu	1941	123,597.43	82,054	0.66	Choibalsan
Dornogovi	ᠳᠣᠷᠤᠨᠠᠭᠣᠪᠢDorunagobi	1931	109,472.30	71,014	0.65	Sainshand
Dundgobi	ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠭᠣᠪᠢDumdagobi	1942	74,690.32	47,104	0.63	Mandalgovi
Govi-Altai	ᠭᠣᠪᠢ ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢGobi Altai	1940	141,447.67	57,748	0.41	Altai City
Govisümber	ᠭᠣᠪᠢ ᠰᠦᠮᠪᠦᠷGobi Sümbür	1996	5,541.80	17,928	3.23	Choir
Khentii	ᠬᠡᠨᠲᠡᠢKentei	1930	80,325.08	77,957	0.97	Öndörkhaan
Khovd	ᠬᠣᠪᠳᠤQobdu	1931	76,060.38	89,712	1.18	Khovd
Khövsgöl	ᠬᠥᠪᠰᠦᠭᠦᠯKöbsügül	1931	100,628.82	135,095	1.34	Mörön
Orkhon	ᠣᠷᠬᠤᠨOrqun	1994	844.00	107,634	128	Erdenet
Ömnögovi	ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠭᠣᠪᠢEmünegobi	1931	165,380.47	69,187	0.42	Dalanzadgad
Övörkhangai	ᠥᠪᠦᠷᠬᠠᠩᠭ᠋ᠠᠢÖbürqaŋgai	1931	62,895.33	116,732	1.86	Arvaikheer
Selenge	ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡSeleŋge	1934	41,152.63	110,110	2.68	Sükhbaatar
Sükhbaatar	ᠰᠦᠬᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷSükebagatur	1943	82,287.15	63,182	0.77	Baruun-Urt
Töv	ᠲᠥᠪTöb	1931	74,042.37	94,250	1.27	Zuunmod
Uvs	ᠤᠪᠰᠤUbsu	1931	69,585.39	83,223	1.20	Ulaangom
Zavkhan	ᠵᠠᠪᠬᠠᠨJabqan	1931	82,455.66	72,823	0.88	Uliastai
Ulaanbaatar (provincial municipality)	ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷUlaganbagatur	1942	4,704.40	1,539,810	327	Ulaanbaatar

List of provinces

See also