A district (Mongolian: сум, ᠰᠤᠮᠤ, sum, pronounced [sʰo̙m]; lit. "arrow"), is a second level administrative subdivision of Mongolia. The 21 Provinces of Mongolia are divided into 331 districts.[1]
On average, each district administers a territory of 4,200 km2 (1,600 sq mi) with about 5,000 inhabitants, primarily nomadic herders. Its[clarification needed] total revenue is 120 million Tögrög, 90% of which comes from national subsidies.
Each district is again subdivided into bags (brigades; sometimes spelled baghs[1]). Most bags are of an entirely virtual nature. Their purpose is to sort the families of nomads in the district into groups, without a permanent human settlement.
Officially, and occasionally on maps, many district seats (sum centers) bear a name different from that of the district. However, in practice the district seat (sum center) is most often referred to under the name of the district, to the point of the official name of the district seat (sum center) being unknown even to the locals.
Arkhangai ProvinceEdit
- 19 districts
Bayan-Ölgii ProvinceEdit
- 14 districts
Bayankhongor ProvinceEdit
- 20 districts
Bulgan ProvinceEdit
16 districts
Darkhan-Uul ProvinceEdit
- 4 districts
Dornod ProvinceEdit
- 14 districts
Dornogovi ProvinceEdit
- 14 districts
Dundgovi ProvinceEdit
- 15 districts
Govi-Altai ProvinceEdit
- 18 district
Govisümber ProvinceEdit
- 3 districts
Khentii ProvinceEdit
- 17 district
Khovd ProvinceEdit
- 17 districts
Khövsgöl ProvinceEdit
- 23 districts
Ömnögovi ProvinceEdit
- 15 districts
Orkhon ProvinceEdit
- 2 districts
Övörkhangai ProvinceEdit
- 19 districts
Selenge ProvinceEdit
- 17 districts
Sükhbaatar ProvinceEdit
- 13 districts
Töv ProvinceEdit
- 27 districts
Uvs ProvinceEdit
- 19 districts
Zavkhan ProvinceEdit
- 24 districts
References and external linksEdit
- ^ a b Montsame News Agency. Mongolia. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, ISBN 99929-0-627-8, p. 46