Khentii Province

Khentii Aimag
Хэнтий аймаг
Province
Coat o airms
Kintra	Mongolie
Coordinates	47°19′N 110°39′E
Capital	Öndörkhaan
Area	80,325.08 km2 (31,014 sq mi)
Population	67,770 (2008)
Density	0.84 / km2 (2 / sq mi)
Founded	1930
Timezone	UTC+8
Aurie code	+976 (0)156
License plate	ХЭ_ (_ variable)
ISO 3166-2 code	MN-039
Wabsteid: http://www.khentii.mn/

Khentii (Mongolian: Хэнтий‎) is ane o the 21 aimags (provinces) o Mongolie, locatit in the east o the kintra. Its caipital is Öndörkhaan. The aimag is namit efter the Khentii Muntains. It is best kent as the birthplace an likely feenal restin place o Temüjin (itherwise kent as Genghis Khan.)

Geography

The aimag borders wi Roushie in the north. The neighbourin aimags are Selenge in the northwast, Töv in the wast, Govisümber in the soothwast, Dornogovi in the sooth, Sükhbaatar in the sootheast, an Dornod in the east. The border tae Töv is dividit bi the ceety o Baganuur, an admeenistrative exclave o Ulan Bator.

The northwast o the aimag is covered bi the eastren pairt o the Khentii Muntains, towards the sootheast the landscape chynges intae the eastren Mongolie steppe plains. The muntain Burkhan Khaldun in the Khan Khentii Strictly Protectit Aurie is considered sacred, an assumit tae be the birthplace o Genghis Khan.

Sooth o Burkhan Khaldun the Kherlen River oreeginates, which crosses the sooth o the aimag in eastren direction efter a detour through Töv. A little further east is the spring o the Onon River. The Balj-Onon Naitional Pairk is locatit in the northeast o the aimag.

Population

Ethnic groups o Khentii aimag
national censuses data

Ethnic group	Mongolie name	1979	%	1989	%	2000	%
Khalkha	Халх	42,883	81.21	57,391	77.76	61,363	86.49
Buriad	Буриад	6,550	12.40	7,044	9.54	6,223	8.77
Uriankhai	Урианхай	595	1.13	1,004	1.36	951	1.34
Kazakh	Казак (Хасаг)	1,290	2.44	3,655	4.95	629	0.89
Dariganga	Дарьганга	177	0.34	353	0.48	361	0.51
Dörvöd	Дөрвөд	154	0.29	208	0.28	186	0.26
Bayad	Баяд	56	0.11	185	0.25	120	0.17
Darkhad	Дархад	18	0.03	24	0.03	32	0.05
Torguud	Торгууд	37	0.07	19	0.03	16	0.02
Üzemchin	Үзэмчин	18	0.03	8	0.01	3	0.00
Ither Mongolie citizens		209	0.40	161	0.22	482	0.68
Foreigners		816	1.55	3,752	5.08	580	0.82
Total		52,803	100.00	73,804	100.00	70,946	100.00

Admeenistrative Subdiveesion

Sums of Khentii aimag

The Ceeties o Khentii aimag

Ceety	Mongolie	Sum	Population (1994)	Population (2001)	Population (2006)	Population (2007)	Population (2008)	Population (2010)
Berkh	Бэрх	Batnorov	4,517	3,871	3,890	3,673	3,541	2,413
Bor-Öndör	Бор-Өндөр	Darkhan	2,695	6,406	8,510	8,932	8,902	8,080
Öndörkhaan (caupital)	Өндөрхаан	Kherlen	14,409	~12,000	~14,800	~15,000	~15,000	17,164

The Sums o Khentii aimag

Sum	Mongolie	Population (1994)	Population (2001)	Population (2005)	Population (2008)	Population (2010)	Aurie (km²)	Density (/km²)
Batnorov	Батноров	3,169	2,986	6739*	2,833	2,693	4,968	0.54
Batshireet	Батширээт	2,591	2,196	2,009	2,092	2,086	7,018	0.30
Bayan-Adarga	Баян-Адарга	2,493	2,333	2,413	2,429	2,205	3,021	0.73
Bayankhutag	Баянхутаг	2,130	2,280	2,090	1,949	1,656	6,029	0.27
Bayanmönkh	Баянмөнх	1,646	1,790	1,693	1,532	1,347	2,540	0.53
Bayan-Ovoo	Баян-Овоо	1,917	1,697	1,701	1,765	1,581	3,381	0.47
Binder	Биндэр	4,184	3,615	3,537	3,784	3,455	5,386	0.64
Dadal	Дадал	2,826	2,387	2,534	2,667	2,612	4,727	0.55
Darkhan	Дархан	1,949	1,904	9,462**	1,899	1,549	4,455	0.35
Delgerkhaan	Дэлгэрхаан	3,029	2,902	2,339	2,353	2,040	3,986	0.51
Galshar	Галшар	2,575	2,906	2,468	2,074	1,807	6,676	0.27
Jargaltkhaan	Жаргалтхаан	1,863	2,073	1,848	1,926	1,831	2,752	0.67
Kherlen ***	Хэрлэн	20,172	16,578	16,783	17,154	19,000	3,788	5.02
Mörön	Мөрөн	2,444	2,264	2,026	1,934	1,326	2,196	0.60
Norovlin	Норовлин	2,713	2,777	2,255	2,341	2,254	5,334	0.42
Ömnödelger	Өмнөдэлгэр	3,895	5,739	5,208	5,148	5,156	10,877	0.47
Tsenkhermandal	Цэнхэрмандал	2,361	1,791	1,661	1,447	2,004	3,177	0.63

^* - includin Berkh.

^** - includin Bor-Öndör.

^*** - includin The aimag caupital Öndörkhaan.