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

aimags An aimag (, ; xal, әәмг, ), originally a Mongolian word meaning 'tribe', is an administrative subdivision in Mongolia, Russia, and in the Inner Mongolia region of China. Mongolia In Mongolia, an aimag is the first-level administrative ...

(provinces) of Mongolia. Its capital is Choibalsan.

Population

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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

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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 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. 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 and Hailar, 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