List of cities in Mongolia
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This is a list of cities in Mongolia
.
The following table includes cities
of more than 7,500 inhabitants, their names in English transliteration
and Mongolian
. The results are from the census
of January 5 2000 as well as from a population estimation for the end of 2008. If 2008 year data was not accessible, the closest and most reliable data was used and noted by an index.
The population and growth estimates for years 1979 and 1989 were added to show the historical significance of population growth and urbanisation throughout Mongolia alongside with the overall growth of Mongolia.
Key: For population growth 1979 - 2008
The higher level administrative unit is the aimag
, except for Ulaanbaatar
which administrates its own federal district (Nalaikh
and Baganuur
are administrated by Ulaanbaatar. The numbers of inhabitants relate to the cities proper without surrounding districts.
* - city proper, Nalaikh
, Baganuur
, Bagakhangai
not included in this figure, they are separated in the table.
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...
.
The following table includes cities
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
of more than 7,500 inhabitants, their names in English transliteration
Transliteration
Transliteration is a subset of the science of hermeneutics. It is a form of translation, and is the practice of converting a text from one script into another...
and 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...
. The results are from the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of January 5 2000 as well as from a population estimation for the end of 2008. If 2008 year data was not accessible, the closest and most reliable data was used and noted by an index.
The population and growth estimates for years 1979 and 1989 were added to show the historical significance of population growth and urbanisation throughout Mongolia alongside with the overall growth of Mongolia.
Key: For population growth 1979 - 2008
- Salmon cells indicate that the population has declined or experienced minimal (<1%) growth.
- Light green cells indicate a growth between 1-2%.
- Dark Green cells indicate a growth of greater than or equal to 2%.
The higher level administrative unit is the aimag
Aimags of Mongolia
Mongolia is divided into 21 aimags . Each aimag is subdivided into several sums. The name aimag is derived from the Mongolian and Turkic languages word for "tribe". The modern aimags were established since 1921...
, except for 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....
which administrates its own federal district (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....
and 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...
are administrated by Ulaanbaatar. The numbers of inhabitants relate to the cities proper without surrounding districts.
| Rank | Name | Mongolian | Inhabitants (1979 est.) |
Inhabitants (1989 est.) |
Inhabitants (2000 census) |
Inhabitants (est. 2008) |
Change since 1979 | Growth Percentage | Administrative Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 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.... * |
Улаанбаатар | 396,300 | 540,600 | 711,900 | 1,008,738 | 612,438 | +5.2% | 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.... |
| 2. | Erdenet Erdenet Erdenet is the third-largest city in Mongolia and the capital of the aimag of Orkhon.Located in the northern part of the country, it lies in a valley between the Selenge and Orkhon rivers about 150 miles northwest of Ulan Bator, the capital... |
Эрдэнэт | 29,100 | - | 68,310 | 86,866 | 57,766 | +6.6% | Orkhon |
| 3. | Darkhan | Дархан | 49,100 | - | 65,791 | 74,300 | 25,200 | +1.7% | Darkhan-Uul |
| 4. | Choibalsan | Чойбалсан | 28,500 | 37,300 | 40,123 | 38,150 | 9,650 | +1.1% | Dornod Dornod Province Dornod is the easternmost of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. Its capital is Choibalsan.- Population :Halh are the ethnic majority of the Dornod aimag, but Buryat ethnic group is 22.8% of population total concentrated in the north-eastern sums of Dashbalbar, Tsagaan-Ovoo, Bayan-Uul, Bayandun and... |
| 5. | Mörön | Мөрөн | 16,500 | 21,300 | 28,903 | 36,082 | 19,582 | +4.0% | Khövsgöl |
| 6. | 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 | - | - | 23,600 | 29,115 | 5,515 | +3.0% | Ulan Bator |
| 7. | Khovd | Ховд | 17,500 | 24,100 | 25,765 | 28,601 | 11,101 | +2.1% | Khovd |
| 8. | Ölgii | Өлгий | 18,700 | 27,200 | 25,791 | 27,855 | 9,155 | +1.6% | Bayan-Ölgii |
| 9. | Bayankhongor Bayankhongor - Transportation :The Bayankhongor Airport has two runways, one of them paved, and is served by regular flights to Ulan Bator.... |
Баянхонгор | 16,300 | 21,200 | 22,066 | 26,252 | 9,952 | +2.0% | Bayankhongor |
| 10. | 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 | - | - | 21,100 | 25,877 | 4,777 | +1.8% | Ulan Bator |
| 11. | Arvaikheer | Арвайхээр | 12,300 | 16,900 | 19,058 | 25,622 | 13,322 | +3.6% | Övörkhangai |
| 12. | Ulaangom Ulaangom Ulaangom is the capital of Uvs Province in Mongolia. It is located 26 km South-West from the lake Uvs Nuur shore and on the slopes of the Kharkhiraa mountain, 120 km South to the Russian border.- Description :... |
Улаангом | 17,900 | 22,900 | 25,993 | 21,406 | 3,506 | +0.67% | Uvs Uvs Province Uvs is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. It is located in the west of the country, 1336 km away from the national capital Ulaanbaatar.Its capital is Ulaangom which lies 936m above the Sea level.... |
| 13. | Sükhbaatar Sükhbaatar (city) Sükhbaatar is the capital of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia, on the Orkhon river.City population is 19.224 -History:The city was founded in 1940 and named after the Mongolian revolutionary leader Damdin Sükhbaatar.-Transport:... |
Сүхбаатар | 14,300 | 19,600 | 22,374 | 19,626 | 5,326 | +1.2% | Selenge Selenge Province Selenge is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia, located in the north of the country. The name is derived from the Selenge river. The capital is Sükhbaatar.- Administrative subdivisions :* - The aimag capital- References :... |
| 14. | Sainshand | Сайншанд | 11,100 | 10,300 | 18,290 | 25,210 | 14,110 | +4.2% | Dornogovi Dornogovi Province Dornogovi is one of the 21 Aimags of Mongolia. It is located in the southeast of the country.-Administrative Subdivision:* - tosgon .** - The aimag capital Sainshand-References:... |
| 15. | Dalanzadgad Dalanzadgad Dalanzadgad is the capital of Ömnögovi Aimag in Mongolia. It is located south of the national capital Ulaanbaatar. The altitude of the city center is 1,470 meters .As of 2006, its population is 14,000.-Transportation:... |
Даланзадгад | 10,000 | 14,300 | 14,050 | 16,856 | 6,856 | +2.3% | Ömnögovi Ömnögovi Province Ömnögovi is an aimag of Mongolia, located in the south of the country, in the Gobi Desert. Ömnögovi is Mongolia's largest aimag. The capital is Dalanzadgad.... |
| 16. | Tsetserleg | Цэцэрлэг | 14,700 | 20,300 | 18,519 | 16,300 | 1,600 | +0.37% | Arkhangai |
| 17. | Uliastai Uliastai Uliastai is a city in Mongolia. It is located in the western part of the country, 1,115 kilometers from the capital Ulaanbaatar. Uliastai is the capital of Zavkhan Province and was the 10th most populous city in the country with a population of 24,276 , now this city has 16,240 population and is... |
Улиастай | 15,400 | 20,300 | 18,154 | 16,240 | 840 | +0.17% | Zavkhan |
| 18. | Altai | Алтай | 13,700 | 18,800 | 15,741 | 15,800 | 2,100 | +0.5% | Govi-Altai |
| 19. | Züünkharaa Züünkharaa, Selenge Züünkharaa is a city, the center of the Mandal sum of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia. The city population is about 15,000.... |
Зүүнхараа | 11,400 | - | 15,000(2004) | - | 3,600 | +1.1% | Selenge Selenge Province Selenge is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia, located in the north of the country. The name is derived from the Selenge river. The capital is Sükhbaatar.- Administrative subdivisions :* - The aimag capital- References :... |
| 20. | Öndörkhaan | Өндөрхаан | 11,100 | 14,400 | 18,003 | 14,800 | 3,700 | +1.1% | Khentii |
| 21. | Zuunmod Zuunmod Zuunmod is the center of Mongolia's Central Province , located 30 km south of Ulan Bator. It has a population of 14,660 inhabitants and an area of 19.18 square kilometres. Zuunmod is located at the southern side of Bogd Khan Uul, 43 km from the capital Ulaanbaatar.Zuunmod was established as the... |
Зуунмод | 9,800 | 15,800 | 14,837 | 14,568 | 4,768 | +1.6% | Töv 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 :... |
| 22. | Baruun-Urt Baruun-Urt Baruun-Urt is a town in eastern Mongolia and the capital of Sükhbaatar Province. The town with its vicinities creates a sum of Sükhbaatar Province. The Baruun-Urt sum area is 59 km², population 15,549, population density 265 per km²... |
Баруун-Урт | 11,600 | 16,100 | 15,133 | 12,994 | 1,394 | +0.4% | Sükhbaatar |
| 23. | Zamyn-Üüd Zamyn-Üüd Zamyn-Üüd is a sum of Dornogovi Province in southeastern Mongolia.The population of Zamyn-Üüd was 11,527 in 2008.Zamyn-Üüd actual name comes from the former Dzamiin Üüde settlement located 101 km NW from the modern town .... |
Замын-Үүд | - | - | 5,486 | 11,527 | 6,041 | +13.8% | Dornogovi Dornogovi Province Dornogovi is one of the 21 Aimags of Mongolia. It is located in the southeast of the country.-Administrative Subdivision:* - tosgon .** - The aimag capital Sainshand-References:... |
| 24. | Bulgan Bulgan (city) Bulgan is a town, administrative centre of Bulgan province of Mongolia. Bulgan sum has a population of 11,984 , 12,323, town proper has a population of 11,198... |
Булган | 11,300 | 12,800 | 12,681 | 11,198 | -102 | -0.03% | Bulgan Bulgan Province Bulgan is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia, located in northern Mongolia. Its capital is also named Bulgan.- Geography :The aimag is surrounded by the aimags Khövsgöl in the northwest, Arkhangai in the southwest, Övörkhangai in the south, Töv in the southeast, and Selenge in the northeast... |
| 25. | Mandalgovi Mandalgovi Mandalgovi is the capital of the Dundgovi Province of Mongolia, about 300 km south of Ulan Bator on the border of the Gobi Desert. It has 10,506 inhabitants , 10,299 .-External links:**... |
Мандалговь | 10,200 | 16,100 | 14,517 | 10,299 | 99 | +0.03% | Dundgovi Dundgovi Province Dundgovi is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. It is located in the south of the country, approximately south of Ulaanbaatar. Its capital is Mandalgovi.- Climate :... |
| 26. | Kharkhorin Kharkhorin Kharkhorin is a city and sum center in the Övörkhangai Province in Mongolia. Sum population was 13,828 , 13,964 , 13,496. Kharkhorin city population is 8,977 , city area is 20.5 km2.... |
Хархорин | - | - | 8,977(2003) | - | - | n/a% | Övörkhangai |
| 27. | Bor-Öndör | Бор-Өндөр | - | - | 6,406(2001) | 8,902 | 2,496 | +3.5% | Khentii |
| 28. | Choir | Чойр | 4,500 | - | 8,983 | 7,998 | 3,498 | +2.6% | Govisümber Govisümber Province Govisümber is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. It is located in the center of the country. Its capital is Choir.- Administrative Subdivision :* - The aimag capital Choir- References :... |
| 29. | Sharyngol Sharyngol, Darkhan-Uul Sharyngol is a sum of Darkhan-Uul Province in northern Mongolia.... |
Шарынгол | - | - | 8,902 | 7,798 | -1,104 | -2.8% | Darkhan-Uul |
| 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... |
Монгол улс | 1,538,980 | 1,987,274 | 2,365,269 | 2,635,000 | 1,096,600 | +2.38% | Darkhan-Uul |
* - city proper, 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....
, 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...
, 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....
not included in this figure, they are separated in the table.