Töv Province

Töw Province Төв аймаг ᠲᠥᠪᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
Province
The ruins o the Manjusri Monastery
Banner Seal
Coordinates: 47°30′N 106°15′E
Kintra	Mongolie
Established	1931 (1931)
Caipital	Zuunmod
Area
• Total	74042.37 km2 (28,587.92 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	85,166
• Density	1.2/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8
Area code(s)	+976 (0)127
ISO 3166 code	MN-047
Vehicle registration	ТӨ_
Website	tov.gov.mn

Töv (Mongolie: Төв, lit. "central") is ane o the 21 aimags (provinces) o Mongolie. The naitional caipital Ulaanbaatar is locatit roughly at its center, but the ceety itsel is admeenistrated as an independent municipality.

Geography

The Aimag includes the wastren pairt o the Khentii Muntains, the muntains aroond the caipital, as well as rollin steppe in the sooth an wast. The maist interestin body o watter is the Tuul River, which crosses Ulaanbaatar an later joins the Orkhon River.

Population

The Töv aimag is populatit primarily bi Khalha Mongols, major minority group o Kazakhs declined at intercensal period o massive oot migration tae Kazakhstan, rest o minority groups grew o in migrations.

Ethnic groups in Töv aimag (self-identification) 1989, 2000 census
Group	Population Census 1989	Percentage Census 1989	Population Census 2000	Percentage Census 2000
Halh	94,773	94.6%	93,604	94.2%
Kazakh	2,167	2.2%	1,065	1.1%
Buryat	590	0.6%	856	0.9%
Do'rbet	727	0.7%	770	0.8%
Bayid	317	0.3%	745	0.8%
Uriankhai	420	0.4%	524	0.5%
Tuvan	269	0.23%	500	0.5%
Zakhchin	160	0.2%	202	0.2%
Ööled	61	0.1%	171	0.2%
ither	420	0.4%	614	0.6%
foreigners	179	0.2%	217	0.2%
Tot population	100,088	100%	99,266	100%

Traffic

The central traffeck node is the enclave Ulan Bator. The ceety includes the lairgest station o the Trans-Mongolian Railway an the Chinggis Khaan International Airport. A sma airport wi an unpavit runway an aw exists in the aimag caipital Zuunmod.

Cultur

Manzushir Monastery is locatit near Zuunmod in the Bogd Khan Muntain naitional pairk. It wis foundit in 1733 an uised tae be the hame o 20 temples an 300 monks. Maist o it wis destroyed bi the communists, yet the last temple wis restored efter democratisation an hosts a sma museum the day.

Naitional pairks

The Gorkhi-Terelj Naitional Pairk wis foondit in 1993. It covers a pairt o the Khentii Muntains. It is maist weel kent for its spectacular rock formations, includin a rock that leuks lik a giant turtle frae the richt perspective. The landscape haes an alpine character, wi larch an pine forests, sparklin muntain rivers, an vera diverse flora an fauna.

In Khustain Nuruu Naitional Pairk, aboot 120 km sooth wast o Ulaanbaatar, the oreeginal wild horse, Takhi o Mongolie (Przewalski horse) hae been released tae the wild again in a process first begun in 1993. The project haes been quite successfu, an haes developit intae an attraction for baith scientists an tourists.

The Gun-Galuut Natur Reserve is a protectit aurie foondit in 2003 tae conserve globally threatened species an thair habitat. The IUCN red-leetit species - White-naped Crane, Huidit Crane, Siberie White Crane, Swan guiss an Argali-Wild muntain sheep an mony ither species leetit in the Naitional Reid beuk o Mongolie are foond here.

Acause it is considered saucrit, the muntain Moont Bogd Khan sooth o Ulaanbaatar haes been a protectit aurie syne 1778. Durin socialism, it wis formally established as a naitional pairk. This stopped the urban sprawl o the caipital on its soothren side.

Admeenistrative subdiveesions

Sums o Töv

The Sums o Töv Aimag

Sum	Mongolie	Population 1980	Population 1986	Population 1992	Population 1998	Population 2005	Population 2007
							tot	sum center
Altanbulag	Алтанбулаг	2,701	2,857	3,357	3,622	3,104	3,079	1,427
Argalant	Аргалант	1,530	1,941	2,689	2,505	1,892	1,955	916
Arkhust	Архуст	1,431	2,006	2,260	2,086	1,671	1,371	516
Batsümber	Батсүмбэр	5,390	5,810	6,505	6,786	6,358	6,525	2,325
Bayan	Баян	2,847	3,385	2,903	2,575	2,062	2,093	1,166
Bayan-Önjüül	Баян-Өнжүүл	2,759	2,621	2,918	2,817	2,538	2,560	579
Bayanchandmani	Баянчандмань	3,244	4,059	4,769	3,641	3,268	3,322	1,311
Bayandelger	Баяндэлгэр	2,506	2,600	2,655	2,203	1,226	1,165	580
Bayanjargalan	Баянжаргалан	1,377	1,302	1,718	1,788	1,583	1,623	609
Bayanhangai	Баянхангай	1,357	2,062	2,270	1,693	1,498	1,401	746
Bayantsagaan	Баянцагаан	2,128	2,236	2,683	2,737	2,369	2,173	988
Bayantsogt	Баянцогт	3,505	3,575	3,987	3,406	1,890	2,020	958
Bornuur	Борнуур	3,816	4,031	5,145	4,454	4,372	4,693	3,233
Büren	Бүрэн	2,714	2,718	3,452	3,624	3,303	3,209	614
Delgerhaan	Дэлгэрхаан	2,006	1,867	2,294	2,499	2,033	2,016	635
Erdene	Эрдэнэ	4,523	4,365	4,067	3,485	3,424	3,607	1,398
Erdenesant	Эрдэнэсант	3,472	4,735	5,757	5,855	5,011	5,010	1,893
Jargalant	Жаргалант	4,218	4,941	6,038	5,975	5,798	5,781	2,156
Lün	Лүн	2,644	2,400	3,245	3,151	2,595	2,515	1,302
Möngönmorit	Мөнгөнморьт	2,091	2,099	2,363	2,197	1,923	1,902	908
Öndörshireet	Өндөрширээт	2,111	2,112	2,471	2,525	1,927	2,006	582
Sergelen	Сэргэлэн	2,490	2,280	2,831	2,422	1,855	1,884	199
Sümber	Сүмбэр	1,133	1,608	2,265	2,210	1,637	1,646	690
Tseel	Цээл	2,318	2,728	3,605	3,988	2,513	2,352	1,568
Ugtaal	Угтаал	3,366	4,003	5,007	4,139	2,397	2,274	1,413
Zaamar	Заамар	2,354	3,030	4,002	5,645	5,721	5,816	1,494
Zuunmod	Зуунмод	9,649	12,739	20,285	16,037	14,600	14,830	14,568