A düüreg is a municipal district in the capital of Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

, Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbaatar

Ulan Bator or Ulaanbaatar is the capital and largest city of Mongolia. An independent municipality, the city is not part of any province, and its population as of 2008 is over one million....

. Each of the nine düüregs is subdivided into khoroo

Khoroo

A khoroo is an administrative subdivision of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The term is often translated as subdistrict or microdistrict, although the latter might lead to confusion with khoroolols. A khoroo is below the level of a düüreg .There were 121 khoroo until 2007, when the number...

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Each düüreg also serves as a constituency that elects one or more representatives into the State Great Khural, the national parliament.

The Düüregs of Ulaanbaatar

Düüreg	Mongolian Mongolian language The Mongolian language is the official language of Mongolia and the best-known member of the Mongolic language family. The number of speakers across all its dialects may be 5.2 million, including the vast majority of the residents of Mongolia and many of the Mongolian residents of the Inner...	Khoroo Khoroo A khoroo is an administrative subdivision of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The term is often translated as subdistrict or microdistrict, although the latter might lead to confusion with khoroolols. A khoroo is below the level of a düüreg .There were 121 khoroo until 2007, when the number... s	Population 01.01.2006	Annual growth (%)	Population 01.01.2007	Annual growth (%)	Population 01.01.2008	Annual growth (%)	Population 01.01.2009	Area km²	Density /km²
Bagakhangai Bagakhangai Bagakhangai is one of nine düüregs of the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator. It is subdivided into two khoroos , Ondor Tolgoi khoroo and Bagakhangai khoroo....	Багахангай	2	3,776	1.4	3,827	1.0	3,864	-3.2	3,742	140.0	26.7
Baganuur Baganuur Baganuur is one of nine düüregs of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into four khoroos .Baganuur is actually a separate city, located as an exclave of 620 km² at the border between the Töv and Khentii aimags. It was created as a Soviet military base.Later Soviet Union...	Багануур	4	25,261	1.9	25,731	0.9	25,969	-0.4	25,877	620.2	41.7
Bayangol	Баянгол	20	160,479	0.2	160,818	2.7	165,159	2.5	169,278	29.5	5,738.2
Bayanzürkh Bayanzürkh Bayanzürkh is one of nine Düüregs of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into 20 Khoroos .It is the largest district in the capital and lies in the southeast of the city. It was established in 1965. In 2006 it had an approximate population of 184,690 in 44,138 households...	Баянзүрх	24	196,132	7.9	211,614	4.7	221,565	6.2	235,192	1,244.1	189.0
Chingeltei Chingeltei Chingeltei is one of nine Düüregs of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into 18 Khoroos .Chingeltei is located in the north, at the foot of one of the four mountains of Ulaanbaatar, the Chingeltei Uul....	Чингэлтэй	19	130,501	1.8	132,883	2.4	136,014	2.9	140,019	89.3	1,568.0
Khan Uul Khan Uul Khan Uul is one of nine Düüregs of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into 14 Khoroos .Khan Uul is located in the south, at the foot of one of the four mountains of Ulaanbaatar, the Bogd Khan Uul....	Хан Уул	14	87,912	3.4	90,925	4.1	94,670	4.4	98,815	484.7	203.9
Nalaikh Nalaikh Nalaikh is one of nine Düüregs of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into 6 Khoroos .Other than most other düüregs, Nalaikh is technically a separate city, but still under the common administration of the capital....	Налайх	6	26,529	2.9	27,297	3.1	28,152	3.4	29,115	687.6	42.3
Songino Khairkhan Songino Khairkhan Songino Khairkhan is one of nine Düüregs of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into 21 Khoroos ....	Сонгинохайрхан	25	204,587	3.2	211,056	4.4	220,295	5.5	232,326	1,200.6	193.5
Sükhbaatar Sükhbaatar (district) Sükhbaatar is one of nine Düüregs of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into 18 Khoroos . The district was established in 1965 and named after Damdin Sükhbaatar, a Mongolian military leader and revolutionary hero. As of 2004, it had an approximate population of 112,533 in 24,568...	Сүхбаатар	18	117,233	5.0	123,041	5.2	129,486	2.8	133,108	208.4	638.7
total		132	952,410	3.7	987,192	3.8	1,025,174	4.1	1,067,472	4,704.4	226.9

Although administratively part of Ulaanbaatar, Nalaikh and Baganuur are separate cities. Bagakhangai and Baganuur are noncontiguous exclaves, the former located within the Töv Province

Töv Province

Töv is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. The national capital Ulaanbaatar is located roughly at its center, but the city itself is administrated as an independent municipality.- Geography :...

, the latter on the border between the Töv and Khentii provinces.