Khentii ( ), named after the Khentii Mountains, is one of the 21 provinces of Mongolia, located in the eastern part of the country. Its capital is Chinggis City. It is best known as the birthplace (and likely final resting place) of Genghis Khan.
Geography The aimag borders Russia (Zabaykalsky Krai) to the north. The neighbouring aimags are Selenge to the northwest, Töv to the west, Govisümber to the southwest, Dornogovi to the south, Sükhbaatar to the southeast, and Dornod to the east. The border with Töv is divided by the city of Baganuur, an administrative exclave of Ulaanbaatar.
The northwest of the aimag is covered by the eastern part of the Khentii Mountains; towards the southeast, the landscape changes into the eastern Mongolian steppe plains. The mountain Burkhan Khaldun in the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area is considered sacred and assumed to be the birthplace of Genghis Khan.
The Kherlen River originates South of the Burkhan Khaldun; the river then crosses the south of the aimag in the eastern direction after a detour through Töv. A little further east is the spring of the Onon River. The Onon-Balj National Park is located in the northeast of the aimag.
Population + Ethnic groups of Khentii aimagnational censuses dataEthnicgroupMongolianname 1979%1989%2000% 2010%KhalkhaХалх42,88381.2157,39177.7661,36386.49 57,072 87.35Buriad Буриад6,55012.407,0449.546,2238.77 5,477 8.38Uriankhai Урианхай5951.131,0041.369511.34 779 1.19KazakhКазак (Хасаг)1,2902.443,6554.956290.89 463 0.71Dörvöd Дөрвөд1540.292080.281860.26 371 0.57Dariganga Дарьганга1770.343530.483610.51 281 0.41Bayads Баяд560.111850.251200.17 117 0.18Darkhad Дархад180.03240.03320.05 39 0.06Torguud Торгууд370.07190.03160.02 17 0.03Üzemchin Үзэмчин 180.0380.0130.00 8 0.01Other Mongolian citizens 2090.401610.224820.68 467 0.71Foreigners 8161.553,7525.085800.82 244 0.37Total 52,803100.0073,804100.0070,946100.00 65,335 100.00
Administrative subdivisions
+ The Cities of Khentii aimag City Mongolian Sum Population(1994) Population(2001)The Khentii aimag official site Population(2006)Rural Poverty Reduction Programme:semi-annual report 2007 Population(2007)Khentii Aimag Statistical Office. 2008 Annual Report Population(2008) Population(2010)National Census 2010 (bag level divisions) Berkh Batnorov 4,517 3,871 3,8903,6733,5412,413 Bor-Öndör Darkhan 2,695 6,406 8,5108,9328,9028,080 Chinggis (capital) Чингис Kherlen 14,409 ~12,000 ~14,800~15,000~15,00017,164
+ The Sums of Khentii aimag Sum MongolianPopulation (1994)Population (2001)Population (2005)Rural Poverty Reduction Programme official site Population (2008)Population (2010)National Census 2010 (sum level divisions) Area (km2)Density (/km2) Batnorov 3,1692,986 6739*2,8332,6934,9680.54 Batshireet 2,5912,196 2,0092,0922,0867,0180.30 Bayan-Adarga 2,4932,333 2,4132,4292,2053,0210.73 Bayankhutag 2,1302,2802,090 1,9491,6566,0290.27 Bayanmönkh 1,646 1,7901,693 1,5321,3472,5400.53 Bayan-Ovoo 1,9171,6971,701 1,7651,5813,3810.47 Binder 4,1843,6153,537 3,7843,4555,3860.64 Dadal 2,8262,387 2,5342,6672,6124,7270.55 Darkhan 1,9491,9049,462** 1,8991,5494,4550.35 Delgerkhaan 3,0292,9022,339 2,3532,0403,9860.51 Galshar 2,5752,9062,468 2,0741,8076,6760.27 Jargaltkhaan 1,8632,0731,848 1,9261,8312,7520.67 Kherlen *** 20,17216,57816,783 17,15419,0003,7885.02 Mörön 2,4442,2642,026 1,9341,3262,1960.60 Norovlin 2,7132,7772,255 2,3412,2545,3340.42 Ömnödelger 3,8955,7395,208 5,1485,15610,8770.47 Tsenkhermandal 2,3611,791 1,6611,4472,0043,1770.63
* - including Berkh. ** - including Bor-Öndör. *** - including the aimag capital Chinggis.
Economy In 2018, the province contributed to 1.26% of the total national GDP of Mongolia.
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