Khentii Province

Template:Short description Template:Infobox settlement Khentii (Template:Langx Template:IPA), named after the Khentii Mountains, is one of the 21 provinces of Mongolia, located in the eastern part of the country. Its capital is Chinggis City. It is best known as the birthplace (and likely final resting place) of Genghis Khan.

Geography

The aimag borders with Russia (Zabaykalsky Krai) in the north. The neighbouring aimags are Selenge in the northwest, Töv in the west, Govisümber in the southwest, Dornogovi in the south, Sükhbaatar in the southeast, and Dornod in the east. The border to Töv is divided by the city of Baganuur, an administrative exclave of Ulaanbaatar.

The northwest of the aimag is covered by the eastern part of the Khentii Mountains; towards the southeast, the landscape changes into the eastern Mongolian steppe plains. The mountain Burkhan Khaldun in the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area is considered sacred and assumed to be the birthplace of Genghis Khan.

The Kherlen River originates South of the Burkhan Khaldun; the river then crosses the south of the aimag in the eastern direction after a detour through Töv. A little further east is the spring of the Onon River. The Onon-Balj National Park is located in the northeast of the aimag.

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The Onon River in the Khentii Mountains

Population

Ethnic groups of Khentii aimag<ref name="YearBook2017">Khentii Aimag Statistical Office. Statistical Yearbook 2017</ref>
national censuses data

Ethnic group	Mongolian name	1979	%	1989	%	2000	%	2010	%
Khalkha	Халх	42,883	81.21	57,391	77.76	61,363	86.49	57,072	87.35
Buriad	Буриад	6,550	12.40	7,044	9.54	6,223	8.77	5,477	8.38
Uriankhai	Урианхай	595	1.13	1,004	1.36	951	1.34	779	1.19
Kazakh	Казак (Хасаг)	1,290	2.44	3,655	4.95	629	0.89	463	0.71
Dörvöd	Дөрвөд	154	0.29	208	0.28	186	0.26	371	0.57
Dariganga	Дарьганга	177	0.34	353	0.48	361	0.51	281	0.41
Bayads	Баяд	56	0.11	185	0.25	120	0.17	117	0.18
Darkhad	Дархад	18	0.03	24	0.03	32	0.05	39	0.06
Torguud	Торгууд	37	0.07	19	0.03	16	0.02	17	0.03
Üzemchin	Үзэмчин	18	0.03	8	0.01	3	0.00	8	0.01
Other Mongolian citizens		209	0.40	161	0.22	482	0.68	467	0.71
Foreigners		816	1.55	3,752	5.08	580	0.82	244	0.37
Total		52,803	100.00	73,804	100.00	70,946	100.00	65,335	100.00

Administrative subdivisions

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Sums of Khentii aimag

The Cities of Khentii aimag

City	Mongolian	Sum	Population (1994)<ref name="pop 1994">Template:Cite web</ref>	Population (2001)<ref name="khentii-m13">The Khentii aimag official site Template:Webarchive</ref>	Population (2006)<ref name="rural powerty2007">Rural Poverty Reduction Programme:semi-annual report 2007 Template:Webarchive</ref>	Population (2007)<ref name="Report2008">Khentii Aimag Statistical Office. 2008 Annual Report Template:Webarchive</ref>	Population (2008)<ref name="Report2008"/>	Population (2010)<ref name="Census2010_bag">National Census 2010 (bag level divisions)</ref>
Berkh	Template:Lang	Batnorov	4,517	3,871	3,890	3,673	3,541	2,413
Bor-Öndör	Template:Lang	Darkhan	2,695	6,406	8,510	8,932	8,902	8,080
Chinggis (capital)	Чингис	Kherlen	14,409	~12,000	~14,800	~15,000	~15,000	17,164

The Sums of Khentii aimag

Sum	Mongolian	Population (1994)<ref name="pop 1994" />	Population (2001)<ref name="khentii-m13" />	Population (2005)<ref name="rural powerty">Rural Poverty Reduction Programme official site Template:Webarchive</ref>	Population (2008)<ref name="Report2008"/>	Population (2010)<ref name="Census2010_sum">National Census 2010 (sum level divisions)</ref>	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)
Batnorov	Template:Lang	3,169	2,986	6739*	2,833	2,693	4,968	0.54
Batshireet	Template:Lang	2,591	2,196	2,009	2,092	2,086	7,018	0.30
Bayan-Adarga	Template:Lang	2,493	2,333	2,413	2,429	2,205	3,021	0.73
Bayankhutag	Template:Lang	2,130	2,280	2,090	1,949	1,656	6,029	0.27
Bayanmönkh	Template:Lang	1,646	1,790	1,693	1,532	1,347	2,540	0.53
Bayan-Ovoo	Template:Lang	1,917	1,697	1,701	1,765	1,581	3,381	0.47
Binder	Template:Lang	4,184	3,615	3,537	3,784	3,455	5,386	0.64
Dadal	Template:Lang	2,826	2,387	2,534	2,667	2,612	4,727	0.55
Darkhan	Template:Lang	1,949	1,904	9,462**	1,899	1,549	4,455	0.35
Delgerkhaan	Template:Lang	3,029	2,902	2,339	2,353	2,040	3,986	0.51
Galshar	Template:Lang	2,575	2,906	2,468	2,074	1,807	6,676	0.27
Jargaltkhaan	Template:Lang	1,863	2,073	1,848	1,926	1,831	2,752	0.67
Kherlen ***	Template:Lang	20,172	16,578	16,783	17,154	19,000	3,788	5.02
Mörön	Template:Lang	2,444	2,264	2,026	1,934	1,326	2,196	0.60
Norovlin	Template:Lang	2,713	2,777	2,255	2,341	2,254	5,334	0.42
Ömnödelger	Template:Lang	3,895	5,739	5,208	5,148	5,156	10,877	0.47
Tsenkhermandal	Template:Lang	2,361	1,791	1,661	1,447	2,004	3,177	0.63

^* - including Berkh.

^** - including Bor-Öndör.

^*** - including the aimag capital Chinggis.

Economy

In 2018, the province contributed to 1.26% of the total national GDP of Mongolia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>