__NOTOC__ Mongolia is divided into 21 provinces or aimagss () and one provincial municipality, the capital city Ulaanbaatar. Each aimag is subdivided into several districts, which consists of several subdistricts.Mongolian constitution, article 57Montsame News Agency. Mongolia. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, , p. 46
The current three-tiered administrative system was created with 13 aimags in 1931. Modern provinces of Mongolia have been established since 1930. The capital, Ulaanbaatar, is governed as an independent first-level municipality separate from Töv Province, inside which it is situated.
History
Outer Mongolia historically had four aimags and two frontier territories during the Qing control which lasted from 1691 to 1911. When Mongolia gained independence as the Bogd Khanate in 1911, two Dörbet aimags became subordinate to the Bogd Khan. Following the People's Revolution of 1921, changes were made in the administrative system of Mongolia. The four main aimags were renamed to existing geographic locations in 1923, and the two Dörbet aimags were merged into a single province, the Chandmani Uul aimag. The Mongolian People's Republic (MPR) was later established in 1924 following the death of the Bogd Khan.
In 1930, territories and local governments of the MPR were reorganized along economic and geographic factors. In November 1930, the state abolished the feudal administrative system in favour of a three-tiered system. Following the disestablishment of the five aimags, thirteen new provinces were established in 1931. The amount of provinces steadily increased to 21 in 1994, when Orkhon, Darkhan-Uul, and Govisümber Provinces were established, and has remained the same still to this day.
List of provinces
Provinces(Aimags)Mongolian script Yearestablished Area(km2)Mongolia Landuse Annual Report 2007 Population2020 CensusDensity Capital Aruqaŋgai193155,313.8294,9941.72 Tsetserleg Bayanqoŋgor1941115,977.8088,6720.76 Bayankhongor Bayan Ölügei194045,704.89108,5302.37 Ölgii Bulagan193848,733.0062,0891.27 Bulgan Darqan Agula19943,275.00107,01833 Darkhan Dorunadu1941123,597.4382,0540.66 Choibalsan Dorunagobi1931109,472.3071,0140.65 Sainshand Dumdagobi194274,690.3247,1040.63 Mandalgovi Gobi Altai1940141,447.6757,7480.41 Altai City Gobi Sümbür19965,541.8017,9283.23 Choir Kentei193080,325.0877,9570.97 Chinggis City Qobdu193176,060.3889,7121.18 Khovd Köbsügül1931100,628.82135,0951.34 Mörön Orqun1994844.00107,634128 Erdenet Emünegobi1931165,380.4769,1870.42 Dalanzadgad Öbürqaŋgai193162,895.33116,7321.86 Arvaikheer Seleŋge193441,152.63110,1102.68 Sükhbaatar Sükebagatur194382,287.1563,1820.77 Baruun-Urt Töb193174,042.3794,2501.27 Zuunmod Ubsu193169,585.3983,2231.20 Ulaangom Jabqan193182,455.6672,8230.88 Uliastai (provincial municipality)Ulaganbagatur19424,704.401,539,810327 Ulaanbaatar
See also ISO 3166-2 codes for Mongolia Lists of political and geographic subdivisions by total area List of Mongolian provinces by GDP
References
External links Provinces of Mongolia at statoids.com
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