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The Soums of Hovd Aimag
Hovd aimag (or province) is comprised of 17 soums, or smaller sub-divisions within the aimag (you can think of a soum as like a county). Each soum also contains a soum center, or largest town within that soum. The soum centers all bear the same name as the soum. For example, the soum center of Uyench soum is also simply known as Uyench.
The Altai Mountains cut a horizontal line across the middle of Hovd aimag, so an easy way to break the aimag down is into thirds: the Northern Soums, which are found to the north of the Altai range / the Altai soums, which are found predominantly within the Altai range / and the Sub-Altai Soums, which are the three soums beyond the Altai Mountain Range.
Northern Soums
Buyant, Chandmani, Durgun, Erdeneburen, Hovd, Mankhan, Myangad, Zereg, Darvi
Altai Soums
Duut, Munkhkhairkhan, Must, Tsetseg
Sub-Altai Soums
| Soums in Hovd | In Mongolian Letters | Population 2008 Est. | Soum Center Population | Area (Sq Km) | Population Density (/ Sq Km) | Distance from Aimag Center |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altai | Алтай | 3,197 | 767 | 13,144 | 0.25 | 315 |
| Bulgan | Булган | 9,695 | 3,171 | 8,105 | 1.19 | 425 |
| Buyant | Буянт | 2,948 | 1,568 | 3,696 | 0.96 | 25 |
| Chandmani | Чандмань | 3,128 | 689 | 6,039 | 0.52 | 160 |
| Darvi | Дарви | 2,658 | 579 | 5,511 | 0.47 | 210 |
| Durgun | Дөргөн | 3,015 | 659 | 3,009 | 0.73 | 102 |
| Duut | Дуут | 2,052 | 502 | 2,145 | 0.98 | 75 |
| Erdeneburen | Эрдэнэбүрэн | 3,380 | 696 | 2,771 | 1.22 | 61 |
| Jargalant* | Жаргалант | 27,073 | 28,601 | 700 | 41.72 | 0 |
| Hovd soum | Ховд | 4,617 | 719 | 2,821 | 1.63 | 32 |
| Mankhan | Манхан | 4,341 | 1,258 | 4,323 | 1.05 | 80 |
| Munkhkhairkhan | Мөнххайрхан | 2,412 | 744 | 2,337 | 1.06 | 155 |
| Must | Мөст | 3,608 | 809 | 3,927 | 0.91 | 180 |
| Myangad | Мянгад | 3,489 | 713 | 3,259 | 1.12 | 41 |
| Tsetseg | Цэцэг | 2,476 | 570 | 3,493 | 0.72 | 230 |
| Uyench | Үенч | 4,776 | 1,452 | 7,480 | 0.64 | 365 |
| Zereg | Зэрэг | 3,038 | 796 | 2,503 | 1.23 | 141 |
*Jarglant is the official name of Hovd's aimag center, a.k.a. "Hovd City". The name Jargalant is seldom, if ever, used to describe the city, except for official or administrative purposes.
