Administrative Subdivision
The Aimag capital Khovd is geographically located in the Buyant sum, but is administered as independent Jargalant sum. The administrative center of the Khovd Sum is also called Khovd, which is a common source of confusion. The other administrative centers carry the name of the respective Sum as well.
| Sum | Mongolian | Population 1979 census |
Population 1991 est. |
Population 2007 est. |
Sum Centre Population |
Area (km²) |
Density (/km²) |
Distance from Khovd city(km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altai | Алтай | 2,141 | 2,712 | 3,234 | 767 | 13,144 | 0.25 | 310 |
| Bulgan | Булган | 7,052 | 9,169 | 9,634 | 3,171 | 8,104 | 1.19 | 335 |
| Buyant | Буянт | 3,361 | 4,386 | 3,533 | 1,568 | 3,759 | 0.96 | 19 |
| Chandmani | Чандмань | 2,311 | 2,963 | 3,155 | 689 | 6,016 | 0.52 | 160 |
| Darvi | Дарви | 2,402 | 2,775 | 2,596 | 579 | 5,604 | 0.47 | 204 |
| Dörgön | Дөргөн | 1,715 | 2,555 | 3,015 | 659 | 4,128 | 0.73 | 106 |
| Duut | Дуут | 1,675 | 2,189 | 2,094 | 502 | 2,146 | 0.98 | 76 |
| Erdenebüren | Эрдэнэбүрэн | 2,258 | 3,210 | 3,372 | 696 | 2,772 | 1.22 | 60 |
| Jargalant* | Жаргалант | 17,620 | 26,877 | 29,207 | 28,601* | 70 | 417.24 | 0 |
| Khovd | Ховд | 3,927 | 4,850 | 4,589 | 719 | 2,830 | 1.63 | 27 |
| Mankhan | Манхан | 3,273 | 4,352 | 4,526 | 1,258 | 4,330 | 1.05 | 80 |
| Mönkhkhairkhan | Мөнххайрхан | 1,811 | 2,337 | 2,554 | 744 | 2,554 | 1.06 | 155 |
| Möst | Мөст | 3,239 | 4,092 | 3,577 | 809 | 3,927 | 0.91 | 180 |
| Myangad | Мянгад | 2,940 | 4,552 | 3,662 | 713 | 3,258 | 1.12 | 35 |
| Tsetseg | Цэцэг | 2,189 | 2,645 | 2,531 | 570 | 3,491 | 0.72 | 216 |
| Üyench | Үенч | 2,575 | 3,913 | 4,760 | 1,452 | 7,476 | 0.64 | 305 |
| Zereg | Зэрэг | 2,388 | 3,092 | 3,078 | 796 | 2,524 | 1.23 | 130 |
* - The aimag capital Khovd
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