Dornod ( mn, Дорнод, ; "East") is the easternmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

. Its capital is Choibalsan.

Population

Halh The Khalkha ( Mongolian: mn, Халх, Halh, , zh, 喀爾喀) have been the largest subgroup of Mongol people in modern Mongolia since the 15th century. The Khalkha, together with Chahars, Ordos and Tumed, were directly ruled by Borjigin khan ...

are the ethnic majority of the Dornod aimag, but Buryat ethnic group is 22.8% of population total (17,196 in 2000, census) concentrated in the north-eastern sums of Dashbalbar, Tsagaan-Ovoo, Bayan-Uul, Bayandun and aimag capital Choibalsan. There are several small ethnic groups:

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(populates Gurvanzagal and Hölönbuir sums), Uzemchin (are present in Sergelen,

Bayantümen Bayantu'men ( mn, Баянтүмэн, Rich tumen), also Tsagaanders ( mn, Цагаандэрс) is a sum (district) of Dornod Province in eastern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () ...

, Bulgan, Chuluunhoroot sums and Choibalsan city),

Hamnigan The Khamnigan, Hamnigan Mongols, or the Tungus Evenki, are a Tungusic- Mongolic ethnic (sub)group of Mongolized Evenks. Khamnigan is the Buriat- Mongolian term for all Ewenkis. In the early 16th century, the Evenks of Transbaikalia or Khamnigan ...

ethnic group ( Bayan-Uul and Tsagaan-Ovoo sums).

History

The aimag was created during the administrative reorganisation of 1941 with the name of ''Choibalsan'', after the communist leader

Khorloogiin Choibalsan Khorloogiin Choibalsan ( mn, Хорлоогийн Чойбалсан, spelled ''Koroloogiin Çoibalsan'' before 1941; 8 February 1895 – 26 January 1952) was the leader of Mongolia (Mongolian People's Republic) and Marshal (general chief com ...

. The capital, which previously had been called ''Bayan Tümen'', also received the name Choibalsan. In 1963, the aimag was given the current name ''Dornod''.

Transportation

The Choibalsan International Airport (COQ/ZMCD) has one paved runway, and is served by regular flights to

Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...

and

Hailar Hailar District, formerly a county-level city, is an urban district that serves as the seat of the prefecture-level city Hulunbuir in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Hulunbuir, due to its massive size, is a city in administrative terms only ...

, China.

Administrative subdivisions

- Sum center is aimag capital Choibalsan () Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 f-9a

Notable residents

* Chimediin Saikhanbileg, prime minister of Mongolia

References

{{Authority control Provinces of Mongolia States and territories established in 1941 1941 establishments in Asia