Districts of Mongolia
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On average, each district administers a territory of Script error: No such module "convert". with about 5,000 inhabitants, primarily nomadic herders. ItsScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.
The map of mongolia with the Districts *(Sums)
Arkhangai Province
- 19 sum
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Bayan-Ölgii Province
- 15 sum
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Bayankhongor Province
- 20 sum
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Bulgan Province
16 sum
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Darkhan-Uul Province
- 4 sum
Dornod Province
- 14 sum
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Dornogovi Province
- 14 sum
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Dundgovi Province
- 15 sum
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Govi-Altai Province
- 18 sum
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Govisümber Province
- 3 sum
Khentii Province
- 17 sum
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Khovd Province
- 17 sum
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Khövsgöl Province
- 23 sum
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Ömnögovi Province
- 15 sum
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Orkhon Province
- 2 sum
Övörkhangai Province
- 19 sum
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Selenge Province
- 17 sum
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Sükhbaatar Province
- 13 sum
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Töv Province
- 27 sum
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Uvs Province
- 19 sum
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Zavkhan Province
- 24 sum
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References and external links
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- ↑ Montsame News Agency. Mongolia. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, Template:ISBN, p. 46
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- All Mongolian sums population 2009.12.31Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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