Uvs Province trip planner

Uvs is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. It is located in the west of the country, 1336km away from the national capital Ulaanbaatar. Its capital is Ulaangom which lies 936m above sea level.The province is named after Mongolia’s biggest lake, Uvs Lake.GeographyParts of the steppe in this province are protected as the World Heritage Site Ubsunur Hollow. In the north the province borders the Russian Federation for 640km, whilst in the east 340km of border lies between Uvs and Zavkhan province. In the south and west it borders for 200km each of Khovd and Bayan-Ölgii provinces for. The province occupies 4.45 percent of the national territory, totalling 69,585sqkm. Of the total area of the province, sixty percent belongs to the mountainous climatic zone, and forty percent to the Gobi semi-desert.PopulationMongols and their proto-peoples have lived in the province since antiquity. Currently, 60% of population is Dörbet, 15% is Bayid and 15% is Khalkha. Also there are a number of Tuvans, Khotons and Kazakhs living in this province.

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