A district ( mn, сум, , , ; "arrow"), is a second level administrative subdivision 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, ...

. The 21 Provinces of Mongolia are divided into 331 districts.Montsame News Agency. ''Mongolia''. 2006, Foreign Service office of

Montsame News Agency Montsame ( mn, МОНЦАМЭ) is the official state owned news agency of Mongolia. Montsame is an acronym for ''Mongolyn Tsakhilgaan Medee'' mn, Монголын Цахилгаан Мэдээ, or ''Mongolian Electronic News''. It was founded in 1 ...

, , p. 46 On average, each district administers a territory of with about 5,000 inhabitants, primarily nomadic herders. Its total revenue is 120 million Tögrög, 90% of which comes from national subsidies. Each district is again subdivided into ''bags'' (brigades; sometimes spelled ''baghs''). 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. Mongolia sum map

Arkhangai Province The Arkhangai Province or Arkhangai Aimag ( mn, Архангай аймаг, Arhangai aimag, ; "North Khangai") is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. It is located slightly west of the country's center, on the northern slopes of the Khangai Mou ...

;19 districts *

Battsengel Battsengel ( mn, Батцэнгэл, Batcengel; "Firm happiness") is a sum (district) of Arkhangai Province in central Mongolia. Battsengel is home to approximately 3,289 inhabitants. History Formation of the cape In 1696, when the army of ...

* Bulgan * Chuluut * Erdenebulgan * Erdenemandal *

Ikh-Tamir Ikh-Tamir ( mn, Их тамир, Ih tamir, ; "Great Tamir") is a sum (district) of Arkhangai Province in central Mongolia. The Tamir River The Tamir () is a river flowing through the valleys of the Khangai Mountains in the Arkhangai aimag of ...

* Jargalant * Khangai *

Khashaat Khashaat ( mn, Хашаат, "fenced") is a sum (district) of Arkhangai Province in central Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russi ...

Khairkhan Khairkhan ( mn, Хайрхан, Hairhan; "mountain") is a sum (district) of Arkhangai Province in central Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bo ...

Khotont Khotont ( mn, Хотонт) is a sum (district) of Arkhangai Province in central Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the n ...

* Ögii nuur * Ölziit * Öndör-Ulaan *

Tariat Tariat ( mn, Тариат, crop) is a sum (district) of Arkhangai Province in central Mongolia. As of 2009 it had a population of 5086 people (mainly Chalcha) in 2009, 644 of whom lived in the village of Tariat. Geography Tariat is located nort ...

* Tsakhir * Tsenkher *

Tsetserleg Tsetserleg ( mn, Цэцэрлэг, ''garden'') may signify: * Tsetserleg (city), the capital of Arkhangai aimag in Mongolia * two sums (districts) in different aimags of Mongolia: ** Tsetserleg, Arkhangai ** Tsetserleg, Khövsgöl Tsetserleg ( mn, ...

Tüvshrüülekh 'Tüvshrüülekh ( mn, Түвшрүүлэх) is a Sums of Mongolia, sum (district) of Arkhangai Province in central Mongolia. The Sum (1200 km2) had 3438 inhabitants in 2009, 1869 of whom lived in the town of Tüvshrüülekh which is the s ...

Bayan-Ölgii Province

;14 districts *

Altantsögts Altantsögts ( mn, Алтанцөгц, Golden tsogts) is a sum (district) of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia ...

* Altai * Bayannuur * Bugat * Bulgan * Buyant * Delüün * Nogoonnuur * Ölgii * Sagsai * Tolbo * Tsagaannuur * Tsengel * Ulaankhus

Bayankhongor Province The Bayankhongor Province or Bayanhongor Aimag, , "Rich Darling Province" is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the southwest of the country and, at 116,000 square kilometers, it is one of the largest aimags. The cap ...

;20 districts * Baatsagaan * Bayan-Öndör * Bayan-Ovoo *

Bayanbulag , native_name_lang = mn , nickname = , settlement_type = District , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_c ...

* Bayangovi *

Bayankhongor Bayankhongor ( mn, Баянхонгор, lit=''righ soft'', or ''rich sweetheart'') is the capital of the Bayankhongor Province (aimag) in Mongolia. The administration of the Bayankhongor Sum (district) is also located in the same place. The city ...

* Bayanlig * Bayantsagaan * Bogd * Bömbögör * Buutsagaan * Erdenetsogt * Galuut * Gurvanbulag * Jargalant * Jinst * Khüreemaral * Ölziit * Shinejinst * Zag

Bulgan Province Bulgan ( mn, Булган) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in northern Mongolia. Its capital is also named Bulgan. Geography The aimag is surrounded by Russia (Buryatia) in the north, the aimags Khövsgöl in the no ...

16 districts * Bayan-Agt * Bayanuur * Bugat * Bulgan * Büregkhangai *

Dashinchilen Dashinchilen ( mn, Дашинчилэн) is a sum (district) of Bulgan Province in northern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russ ...

* Gurvanbulag * Khangal * Khishig-Öndör *

Khutag-Öndör Khutag-Öndör ( mn, Хутаг-Өндөр) is a sum (district) of Bulgan Province in northern Mongolia. In 2009, its population was 4,591.

* Mogod * Orkhon * Rashaant * Saikhan * Selenge *

Teshig Teshig ( mn, Тэшиг) is a sum (district) of Bulgan Province in northern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north ...

Darkhan-Uul Province

;4 districts * Darkhan * Khongor * Orkhon *

Sharyngol Sharyngol ( mn, Шарынгол; ) is a Sums of Mongolia, sum (district) of Darkhan-Uul Province in northern Mongolia. The 2010 population census estimated population for Sharyngol is 7,795, being one of the most populous cities in northern Mongol ...

Dornod Province Dornod ( mn, Дорнод, ; "East") is the easternmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. Its capital is Choibalsan. Population Halh are the ethnic majority of the Dornod aimag, but Buryat ethnic group is 22.8% of population total ...

;14 districts * Bayan-Uul * Bayandun *

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 * Choibalsan (sum) * Chulunkhoroot * Dashbalbar * Gurvanzagal * Khalkhgol *

Kherlen Kherlen River (also known as Kern or Kerülen; ; ) is a 1,254 km river in Mongolia and China. Course The river originates in the south slopes of the Khentii mountains, near the Burkhan Khaldun mountain in the Khan Khentii Strictly Protecte ...

* Khölönbuir * Matad * Sergelen * Tsagaan-Ovoo

Dornogovi Province Dornogovi ( mn, Дорноговь, ''East Gobi'') is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordering PR China's autonomous region of Inner Mongolia. Dornogovi is located in the Gobi desert ...

;14 districts * Altanshiree * Airag *

Dalanjargalan Dalanjargalan ( mn, Даланжаргалан, Seventy happiness also Ulaantolgoi)) is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in south-eastern Mongolia. Sum center is Olon Ovoo railway station on Trans-Mongolian Railway (Ulan Bator - Beijing ...

* Delgerekh * Erdene * Khatanbulag * Khövsgöl * Ikhkhet * Mandakh *

Örgön Örgön ( mn, Өргөн, also Urgen, Wide) is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in south-eastern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, border ...

Saikhandulaan Saikhandulaan ( mn, Сайхандулаан, Nice warmth) is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in south-eastern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in Ea ...

Sainshand Sainshand ( mn, Сайншанд; ) is the capital of Dornogovi Province in Mongolia. It is located in the eastern Gobi desert steppe, on the Trans-Mongolian Railway. Administration The territory of Sainshand sum consists of 5 ''bags'' (commu ...

Ulaanbadrakh Ulaanbadrakh ( mn, Улаанбадрах, Red blossom) is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in south-eastern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East ...

Zamyn-Üüd Zamyn-Üüd ( mn, Замын-Үүд; , ''road's gate'') is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in southeastern Mongolia. Its population was 11,527 in 2008. History Zamyn-Üüd's actual name comes from the former Dzamiin Üüde settlement loc ...

Dundgovi Province Dundgovi or Dundgobi ( mn, Дундговь, ''Middle Gobi'') is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the south of the country, approximately south of Ulaanbaatar. Its capital is Mandalgovi. Dundgovi is the second leas ...

;15 districts * Adaatsag * Bayanjargalan * Delgerkhangai * Delgertsogt * Deren *

Erdenedalai Erdenedalai ( mn, Эрдэнэдалай, Jewel ocean) is a sum (district) and town of Dundgovi Province in central Mongolia. Erdenedalai sum is the second most populous sum of Dundgovi Province after Saintsagaan (the latter including the aimag ...

Govi-Ugtaal Govi-Ugtaal ( mn, Говь-Угтаал, Gobi meet) is a sum (district) of Dundgovi Province in central Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bo ...

* Gurvansaikhan * Khuld * Luus * Ölziit * Öndörshil * Saikhan-Ovoo * Saintsagaan * Tsagaandelger

Govi-Altai Province

;18 district * Altai * Bayan-Uul * Biger * Bugat * Chandmani * Darvi * Delger * Erdene * Khaliun * Khökh morit * Jargalan * Sharga * Taishir * Tögrög * Tonkhil * Tseel * Tsogt * Yesönbulag

Govisümber Province ( mn, Говьсүмбэр, ; Gobi- Sümber) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the center of the country. Its capital is Choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singe ...

;3 districts * Bayantal * Shiveegovi * Sümber (

Choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

)

Khentii Province Khentii ( mn, Хэнтий) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the east of the country. Its capital is Chinggis City. The aimag is named after the Khentii Mountains. It is best known as the birthplace and likely final ...

;17 district * Batnorov *

Batshireet Batshireet ( mn, Батширээт) is a sum (district) of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia t ...

* Bayan-Adarga * Bayankhutag * Bayanmönkh * Bayan-Ovoo * Binder * Dadal * Darkhan * Delgerkhaan * Galshar *

* Jargaltkhaan *

Mörön Mörön ( mn, Мөрөн;, lit=river), also spelled Murun, is the administrative center of Khövsgöl Aimag (province) in northern Mongolia. Before 1933, Khatgal had been the aimag capital. It has 12,286 families and a population of 46,918, an ...

* Norovlin * Ömöndelger * Tsenkhermandal

Khovd Province Khovd ( mn, Ховд, Howd, ) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the west of the country. Its capital is also named Khovd. The Khovd province is approximately 1,580 km from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's capital. It take ...

;17 districts * Altai * Bulgan * Buyant * Chandmani * Darvi * Dörgön * Duut * Erdenebüren * Jargalant (Khovd city) * Khovd (sum) * Mankhan * Mönkhkhairkhan * Möst *

Myangad The Myangad people live in Myangad sum of Khovd Province, 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 t ...

* Tsetseg *

Üyench Üyench ( mn, Үенч) is a sum (district) of Khovd Province in western 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 ...

* Zereg

Khövsgöl Province Khövsgöl ( mn, Хөвсгөл) is the northernmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The name is derived from Lake Khövsgöl. Geography and history The round-topped Tarvagatai, Bulnain and Erchim sub-ranges of the Khangai massif do ...

;23 districts * Alag-Erdene * Arbulag *

Bayanzürkh Bayanzürkh (, ''rich heart'') is one of nine Düüregs (districts) of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into 20 Khoroos (subdistricts). It is the largest district in the capital and lies in the southeast of the city. It was ...

* Bürentogtokh * Chandmani-Öndör * Erdenebulgan *

Galt Galt or GALT may refer to: Biology and biochemistry * Galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase, an enzyme * Gut-associated lymphoid tissue, a subset of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue People and fictional characters * Galt (surname), a list o ...

* Khankh * Ikh-Uul * Jargalant *

* Rashaant *

Renchinlkhümbe Renchinlkhümbe ( mn, Рэнчинлхүмбэ) is a '' sum'' of Khövsgöl Province in Mongolia. The area is about , of which are pasture and 35% are forest. In 2000, the ''sum'' had 4284 inhabitants, mainly Darkhad. The ''sum'' center, official ...

* Shine-Ider * Tarialan * Tömörbulag * Tosontsengel * Tsagaan-Uul * Tsagaannuur * Tsagaan-Üür *

Tünel The Tünel ( en, Tunnel, designated as the F2 line on the Istanbul transport map) is a historic underground funicular line in Istanbul, Turkey. It has two stations, connecting Karaköy and Beyoğlu. The tunnel runs uphill from near the conflue ...

* Ulaan-Uul

Ömnögovi Province Ömnögovi ( mn, Өмнөговь ''Ömnögovǐ'', ''South Gobi'') is an aimag (province) of Mongolia, located in the south of the country, in the Gobi Desert. Ömnögovi is Mongolia's largest aimag. The capital is Dalanzadgad. The province is ...

;15 districts * Bayan-Ovoo * Bayandalai * Bulgan *

Dalanzadgad Dalanzadgad ( mn, Даланзадгад; ) is the capital of Ömnögovi Aimag in Mongolia. It is located south of the national capital Ulaanbaatar. The altitude of the city center is 1,470 meters (4,823 feet). As of 2011, its population is 19,3 ...

* Gurvan tes * Khanbogd * Khan khongor * Khürmen * Mandal-Ovoo *

Manlai Manlai () is a town in Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County, Yunnan, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 31,580 and an area of . Administrative division As of 2016, the town is divided into one community and eleven villages ...

* Nomgon *

Noyon Noyon (; pcd, Noéyon; la, Noviomagus Veromanduorum, Noviomagus of the Veromandui, then ) is a commune in the Oise department, northern France. Geography Noyon lies on the river Oise, about northeast of Paris. The Oise Canal and the Cana ...

* Sevrei * Tsogt-Ovoo * Tsogttsetsii

Orkhon Province Orkhon Aimag ( mn, Орхон аймаг) is one of the 21 Aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the north of the country. Its capital is Erdenet. The province is named after Orkhon River. This Aimag was cut out of Bulgan Aimag in 1994, to f ...

;2 districts * Bayan-Öndör * Jargalant

Övörkhangai Province Övörkhangai ( mn, Өвөрхангай, ''Öwörhangai''; "southern Khangai") is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the south of the country. Its capital is Arvaikheer. The Shankh Monastery, one of the oldest and most i ...

;19 districts * Arvaikheer * Baruun Bayan-Ulaan * Bat-Ölzii * Bayan-Öndör * Bayangol * Bogd * Bürd * Guchin-Us *

Kharkhorin Kharkhorin ( mn, Хархорин) is a town and sum (district) center in Övörkhangai Province in Mongolia. The sum population was 13,828 (1994), 13,964 (2000), and 14,765 (2017). The population of Kharkhorin town itself was 14,765 in 2017 and ...

* Khairkhandulaan * Khujirt * Nariinteel * Ölziit * Sant * Taragt * Tögrög * Uyanga * Yesönzüil * Züünbayan-Ulaan

Selenge Province Selenge ( mn, Сэлэнгэ) is one 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 C ...

;17 districts * Altanbulag * Baruunbüren * Bayangol * Javkhlant * Khüder * Khushaat * Mandal * Orkhon * Orkhontuul * Sant * Saikhan * Shaamar * Sükhbaatar * Tsagaannuur * Tüshig * Yeröö * Züünbüren

Sükhbaatar Province Sükhbaatar ( mn, Сүхбаатар) is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia, located in the east of the country. Its capital is Baruun-Urt. It is named after Damdin Sükhbaatar. Population Transportation The Baruun-Urt Airport (UUN/ZMBU) h ...

;13 districts * Asgat *

Baruun-Urt Baruun-Urt ( mn, Баруун-Урт; , ''west-long'') is a town in eastern Mongolia and the capital of Sükhbaatar Province. The town with its vicinities creates a sum (district) of Sükhbaatar Province. The Baruun-Urt sum area is 59 km², p ...

* Bayandelger * Dariganga * Erdenetsagaan * Khalzan * Mönkhkhaan * Naran * Ongon * Sükhbaatar * Tüvshinshiree * Tümentsogt * Uulbayan

Töv Province Töv ( mn, Төв, , ; "central") is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The national capital Ulaanbaatar is located roughly at its center, but the city itself is administrated as an independent municipality. Geography The Aimag inc ...

;27 districts * Altanbulag *

Argalant Argalant ( mn, Аргалант) is a Sums of Mongolia, sum in Mongolia's Töv Province, just west of Ulaanbaatar. The area is 1210 square kilometres, of which about 160 square kilometres are farmland and 940 square kilometres are pasture. In 2005, ...

* Arkhust * Batsümber * Bayan * Bayan-Önjüül * Bayanchandmani * Bayandelger * Bayanjargalan *

Bayankhangai Bayankhangai ( mn, Баянхангай, Rich Khangai) is a Sums of Mongolia, sum of Töv Province in Mongolia. Khangai ( mn, Хангай) provident lord, munificent king, generous gracious lord or bountiful king Districts of Töv Province ...

* Bayantsagaan * Bayantsogt *

Bornuur Bornuur ( mn, Борнуур) is a sum of Töv Province in 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 th ...

* Büren * Delgerkhaan * Erdene * Erdenesant * Jargalant *

Lün Lün ( mn, Лүн) is a sum of Töv Province in Mongolia. The Tuul River , , "to wade through" , nickname = Queen Tuul , image = Tuul River Mongolia.JPG , image_size = , image_caption = The Tuul flowing ...

* Möngönmort * Öndörshireet * Sergelen * Sümber * Tseel * Ugtaal *

Zaamar Zaamar ( mn, Заамар) is a sum of Töv Province in Mongolia. It is one of the largest sums in Mongolia with a total area of 2,900 square kilometres and a population of 37,500 and 7,500 households. Geography The Zaamar range is home to bi ...

Zuunmod Zuunmod ( mn, Зуунмод; , "Hundred Trees") is the administrative seat of Mongolia's Töv Province. It has a population of 16,953 (2017) inhabitants and an area of 19.18 square kilometres. Zuunmod is located on the south side of Bogd Khan Mo ...

Uvs Province

;19 districts *Baruunturuun, Uvs, Baruunturuun *Bökhmörön, Uvs, Bökhmörön *Davst, Uvs, Davst *Khovd, Uvs, Khovd *Khyargas, Uvs, Khyargas *Malchin, Uvs, Malchin *Naranbulag, Uvs, Naranbulag *Ölgii, Uvs, Ölgii *Ömnögovi, Uvs, Ömnögovi *Öndörkhangai, Uvs, Öndörkhangai *Sagil, Uvs, Sagil *Tarialan, Uvs, Tarialan *Tes, Uvs, Tes *Tsagaankhairkhan, Uvs, Tsagaankhairkhan *Türgen, Uvs, Türgen *Ulaangom, Uvs, Ulaangom *Zavkhan, Uvs, Zavkhan *Züüngovi, Uvs, Züüngovi *Züünkhangai, Uvs, Züünkhangai

Zavkhan Province

;24 districts *Aldarkhaan, Zavkhan, Aldarkhaan *Asgat, Zavkhan, Asgat *Bayankhairkhan, Zavkhan, Bayankhairkhan *Bayantes, Zavkhan, Bayantes *Dörvöljin, Zavkhan, Dörvöljin *Erdenekhairkhan, Zavkhan, Erdenekhairkhan *Ider, Zavkhan, Ider *Ikh-Uul, Zavkhan, Ikh-Uul *Nömrög, Zavkhan, Nömrög *Otgon, Zavkhan, Otgon *Santmargats, Zavkhan, Santmargats *Shilüüstei, Zavkhan, Shilüüstei *Songino, Zavkhan, Songino *Telmen, Zavkhan, Telmen *Tes, Zavkhan, Tes *Tosontsengel, Zavkhan, Tosontsengel *Tsagaanchuluut, Zavkhan, Tsagaanchuluut *Tsagaankhairkhan, Zavkhan, Tsagaankhairkhan *Tsetsen-Uul, Zavkhan, Tsetsen-Uul *Tüdevtei, Zavkhan, Tüdevtei *Uliastai *Urgamal, Zavkhan, Urgamal *Yaruu, Zavkhan, Yaruu *Zavkhanmandal, Zavkhan, Zavkhanmandal

References and external links

All Mongolian sums population 2009.12.31
{{Articles on second-level administrative divisions of Asian countries Districts of Mongolia, Subdivisions of Mongolia Lists of administrative divisions, Mongolia, Districts Administrative divisions in Asia, Mongolia 2 Second-level administrative divisions by country, Districts, Mongolia Mongolia geography-related lists