Subdivisions of Mongolia
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The country of Mongolia is divided into 21 provinces ' onMouseout='HidePop("48154")' href="/topics/Aimag">aimag
) and the capital (нийслэл, niislel) Ulaanbaatar
.
For details about the provinces see: Provinces of Mongolia.
Secondary subdivisions outside Ulaanbaatar are called "sum" (сум, often transcribed as soum). In 2006, Mongolia had 331 sums.. Sums are further subdivided into bags (баг). While sums always have a permanent settlement as administrative center, many bags don't.
Ulaanbaatar is divided into nine düüreg
s (дүүрэг, usually translated as district), which are further subdivided into khoroo
s (хороо, most often translated as subdistrict, microdistrict
or simply district).
Aimag
Aimag is a Mongolian and Turkic word for a tribe.It is also used as a term for country subdivisions in Mongolia and China, see aimag .The name of the Aimak people in central Afghanistan derives from the same root....
) and the capital (нийслэл, niislel) 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....
.
For details about the provinces see: Provinces of Mongolia.
Secondary subdivisions outside Ulaanbaatar are called "sum" (сум, often transcribed as soum). In 2006, Mongolia had 331 sums.. Sums are further subdivided into bags (баг). While sums always have a permanent settlement as administrative center, many bags don't.
Ulaanbaatar is divided into nine düüreg
Düüreg
A düüreg is a municipal district in the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. Each of the nine düüregs is subdivided into khoroos.Each düüreg also serves as a constituency that elects one or more representatives into the State Great Khural, the national parliament.Although administratively part of...
s (дүүрэг, usually translated as district), which are further 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...
s (хороо, most often translated as subdistrict, microdistrict
Microdistrict
Microdistrict, or microraion , is a residential complex—a primary structural element of the residential area construction in the Soviet Union and in some post-Soviet and former Communist states...
or simply district).