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 330 sum.[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[2]). 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 Province edit
- 19 sum
Bayan-Ölgii Province edit
- 14 sum
Bayankhongor Province edit
- 20 sum
Bulgan Province edit
16 sum
Darkhan-Uul Province edit
- 4 sum
Dornod Province edit
- 14 sum
Dornogovi Province edit
- 14 sum
Dundgovi Province edit
- 15 sum
Govi-Altai Province edit
- 18 sum
Govisümber Province edit
- 3 sum
Khentii Province edit
- 17 sum
Khovd Province edit
- 17 sum
Khövsgöl Province edit
- 23 sum
Ömnögovi Province edit
- 15 sum
Orkhon Province edit
- 2 sum
Övörkhangai Province edit
- 19 sum
Selenge Province edit
- 17 sum
Sükhbaatar Province edit
- 13 sum
Töv Province edit
- 27 sum
Uvs Province edit
- 19 sum
Zavkhan Province edit
- 24 sum
References and external links edit
- ^ "21 аймгийн 330 сум, нийслэлийн 152 хороо болон хилийн чанад дахь ДТГ-ын бүртгэлийн үйл ажиллагаанд ашиглаж буй тоног төхөөрөмжийг шинэчлэнэ". burtgel.gov.mn. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ Montsame News Agency. Mongolia. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, ISBN 99929-0-627-8, p. 46