Bayan-Ölgii Province
| Bayan-Ölgii aimag | |||
| Баян Өлгий аймаг | |||
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| Kintra | Mongolie | ||
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| Coordinates | 48°18′N 89°30′E / 48.3°N 89.5°E | ||
| Capital | Ölgii | ||
| Population | 93,017 (2009) | ||
| Founded | 1940 [1] | ||
| Timezone | UTC+7 | ||
| Aurie code | +976 (0)142 | ||
| License plate | БӨ_ (_variable) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 code | MN-071 | ||
| Wabsteid: http://www.bayan-olgii.gov.mn/ | |||
Bayan-Ölgii (Mongolian: Баян-Өлгий; Kazakh: Бай-Өлке, Rich cradle/region, alternately spelled Olgiy, Ulgii, etc.) is the wastmaist o the 21 aimags (provinces) o Mongolie. The aimag wis established in 1940. Its caipital is Ölgii.
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Geography [edit]
The aimag is locatit in the extreme wast o the kintra, an shares borders wi baith Roushie an Cheenae. The border atween the twa neeebourin kintras is vera short here, though, an ends efter aboot 40 km at the eastren end o Kazakhstan. Athin Mongolie, the neebourin aimags are Uvs in the north east an Khovd in the sootheast..
Bayan-Ölgii is the heichest Mongolie aimag. For the maist pairt it is locatit in the Mongolie Altay, at the transition point tae the Russian Altay. Aboot 10% o the territory are covered bi forests, consistin primarily o Siberie Larch.
The Nairamdal Peak (an aw Friendship Peak, Cheenese: Youyi Feng) o the Altai Tavan Bogd (five saunts muntain) massif muntain marks the corner atween the three neebourin kintras. Aboot 2.5 km further sooth on the Mongolie-Cheenese border, the Hüiten Peak is the heichest point o Mongolie wi 4374 m. The massif includes several glaciers, such as the 19 km Potanin Glacier, an is anerlie accessible tae experiencit climbers wi local guidance.
The Khovd River (the langest in the wastren Mongolie Great Lakes Depression) haes its oreegin in this aimag. It is fed bi the three lakes Khoton, Khurgan, an Dayan, an in turn feeds the lake Khar-Us Lake in the Khovd Aimag. The Tolbo Lake is a lairge saline lake about 50 km sooth o the aimag caipital. It features clear an cauld watter on an elevation of 2080 m.
Population [edit]
Maist inhabitants o Bayan-Ölgii are Kazakhs (88.7%). Smawer pairts o the population are composed o Uriankhai (7.2%), Dörvöd (1.5%),[2] Khalkha, Tuva an Khoshuud. A significant portion o the population speaks Kazakh as their mither tongue an the Mongolie leid anerlie as a seicont leid, if at all.
Efter democratization, mony inhabitants muivit tae their historical hameland, Kazakhstan, assumin they wad fynd a better futur there. The result wis a noticeable loss o population in 1991-1993, when approx. 30,000 wur repatriatit tae Kazakhstan. A noticeable number o umwhile immigrants hae been returnin, so that the population haes risen again noticeably.
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1960 est. |
1963 census |
1969 census |
1975 est. |
1979 census |
1981 est. |
1985 est. |
1989 census |
1991 est. |
1993 est. |
1995 est. |
1998 est. |
2000 census |
2002 est. |
2004 est. |
2005 est. |
2008 est. |
2009 est. |
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| 38,800 | 44,600 | 47,800 | 58,100 | 66,600 | 71,400 | 74,500 | 82,400 | 90,900 | 102,817 | 75,043 | 82,259 | 87,341 | 94,094 | 98,066 | 99,112 | 95,758 | 93,931 | 93,017 |
Culture [edit]
The culture of the Kazakh majority is strongly influenced by Islamic traditions. The mosque of Ölgii also houses the Islamic Center of Mongolia. It is placed at an unusual angle within the fabric of the city, because the building was oriented exactly towards Mecca. There's also a Madrasah (Islamic school) at the same place.
The aimag is famous for the traditional hunting method using trained eagles. The animals work in a similar way as hunting falcons do. While eagles are used for hunting in other parts of the world, this area is arguably the birth place of eagle falconry[citation needit].
Traffic [edit]
The Ölgii Airport (ULG/ZMUL) haes ane unpavit runway. It affers regular flichts tae Ulaanbaatar an irregular flichts tac Almaty in Kazakhstan.
A road connectin tae Roushie starts in Tsagaannuur.
The border wi Cheenae is open anerlie for a short time in the simmer.
Naitional pairks [edit]
The Altai Tavan Bogd Naitional Pairk covers 6,362 km² an is locatit sooth o the heichest muntain o Mongolie. It includes the lakes Khoton, Khurgan, an Dayan. The protectit aurie affers a hame for mony species o alpine animal, such as the Argali sheep, Ibex, Red deer, Beech marten, Moose, Snaw cock, an Golden eagle.
The Khökh Serkhiin Nuruu Protectit Aurie (659 km²) an the Siilkhemiin Nuruu Naitional Pairk (1,428 km²) are o similar character.
The Develiin Aral Natural Reserve (103 km²) is established aroond Develiin Island at the confluence o the rivers Lsan Khooloi an Khovd. Syne 2000 it haes providit protection for various birds an animals includin pheasants, boars, an beavers.
The Tsambagarav Uul National Park includes 1,115 km² o land aroond the glaciers near the Khovd aimag an protects the snaw leopards livin there, amang ithers.
Admeenistrative subdiveesions [edit]
| Sum | Mongolie | Sum population (1985)[citation needit] |
Sum population (1994)[3] |
Sum population (2005)[4] |
Sum population (2008)[5] |
Sum population (2009)[6] |
Sum centre population (2009)[6] |
Aurie (km²)[7] |
Density (/km²) |
Distance from Ölgii |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altai | Алтай | 3,400 | 3,237 | 3,914 | 3,659 | 3,811 | 973 | 3,163.56 | 1.20 | 112 |
| Altantsögts | Алтанцөгц | 3,300 | 3,038 | 3,038 | 3,114 | 3,080 | 826 | 1,786.10 | 1.72 | 43 |
| Bayannuur | Баяннуур | 4,800 | 4,507 | 5,320 | 5,012 | 5,033 | 1,784 | 2,339.50 | 2.15 | 126 |
| Bugat | Бугат | 3,300 | 2,777 | 3,604 | 3,741 | 3,642 | 1,161 | 2,049.10 | 1.78 | 5 |
| Bulgan | Булган | 5,000 | 5,115 | 5,901 | 5,827 | 5,528 | 944 | 4,977.33 | 1.11 | 294 |
| Buyant | Буянт | 2,300 | 2,546 | 3,002 | 2,683 | 2,514 | 653 | 1,845.67 | 1.36 | 72 |
| Delüün | Дэлүүн | 6,600 | 6,782 | 8,183 | 7,078 | 7,133 | 1,642 | 5,594.99 | 1.27 | 158 |
| Nogoonnuur | Ногооннуур | 7,500 * | 6,331 | 6,539 | 6,566 | 6,375 | 2,165 | 5,221.94 * | 1.22 * | 92 |
| Ölgii (city) | Өлгий | 24,000 | 21,569 | 28,248 | 28,496 | 28,448 | 28,448 | 100.92 | 281.89 | 0 |
| Sagsai | Сагсай | 4,100 | 3,746 | 5,185 | 5,174 | 5,089 | 1,375 | 3,139.99 | 1.62 | 27 |
| Tolbo | Толбо | 4,100 | 3,746 | 4,260 | 4,076 | 4,136 | 1,067 | 2,974.69 | 1.39 | 76 |
| Tsagaannuur | Цагааннуур | - | 1,878 | 1,528 | 1,452 | 1,473 | 1,473 | - | - | 69 |
| Tsengel | Цэнгэл | 6,700 | 6,539 | 8,364 | 8,305 | 8,348 | 2,028 | 6,463.17 | 1.29 | 79 |
| Ulaankhus | Улаанхус | 7,300 | 6,807 | 8,672 | 8,748 | 8,407 | 1,480 | 6,047.93 | 1.39 | 46 |
* - Tsagaannuur including
References [edit]
- ↑ Official website: Brief History
- ↑ Official website: Main Page
- ↑ http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/oxfamannex1-4.pdf
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Bayan-Ölgii Aimag Annual Statistical Report 2008
Freemit airtins [edit]
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