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The Soums of Hovd Aimag


Map of Hovd Aimag
Map 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

Altai, Bulgan, Uyench

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.