Uvs Province | |
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| Coordinates:49°30′N92°30′E / 49.500°N 92.500°E /49.500; 92.500 | |
| Country | Mongolia |
| Established | 1931 |
| Capital | Ulaangom |
| Area | |
• Total | 69,585.39 km2 (26,867.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 82,604 |
| • Density | 1.1871/km2 (3.0745/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | MNT 694 billion US$ 0.2 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | MNT 8,130,020 US$ 2,603 (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 |
| Area code | +976 (0)145 |
| ISO 3166 code | MN-046 |
| Vehicle registration | УВ_ |
| Website | uvs |
Uvs Province (/ˈʊfs/UUFS)[a] is one of the 21aimags (provinces) ofMongolia. It is located in the west of the country, 1,336 kilometres or 830 miles away from the national capitalUlaanbaatar. Its capital isUlaangom which lies 936 metres or 3,070 feet above sea level.
The province is named after Mongolia's biggest lake,Uvs Lake.
Parts of thesteppe in this province are protected as theWorld Heritage SiteUbsunur Hollow. In the north the province bordersRussia for 640 kilometres or 400 miles, whilst in the east 340 kilometres or 210 miles of border lies between Uvs andZavkhan province. In the south and west it borders for 200 kilometres or 120 miles each ofKhovd andBayan-Ölgii provinces for. The province occupies 4.45 percent of the national territory, totalling 69,585 square kilometres or 26,867 square miles. Of the total area of the province, sixty percent belongs to the mountainous climatic zone, and forty percent to theGobi semi-desert.
Mongols and their proto-peoples have lived in the province since antiquity. Currently, 42.3% of population isDörbet, 34.2% isBayid and 13.6% isKhalkha. Also, there are manyTuvans,Khotons, andKazakhs living in this province.
At the end of 2014, 20,719 households were residing in this province. 7,476 lived in the provincial centerUlaangom, 4,105 lived in sum centers, and 9,138 lived in the countryside as herding families.[2]
After theMongolian Revolution of 1921, the government founded theJewel Mountain Province (Mongolian:Чандмань уулын аймаг,romanized: Chandmani uuliin aimag,pronounced[ˈt͡ɕʰantmæɲˈʊːɮiŋˈæˑməq]). This province included the whole western part of the country. In 1931 it was split into the Khovd and Dörvöd aimags—the latter which was renamedUvs aimag in 1933.
Uvs province is divided into 19sums, lower administrative division units.
| Sum | Mongolian | Population 2003 | Population 2014 |
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| 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[1] | 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 |
^1Ulaangom is the Uvs province center.
| Year | Total | Camels | Horses | Cows | Sheep | Goats |
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| 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[3]
In 2018, the province contributed to 1.20% of the total national GDP of Mongolia.[4]
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