Khovd ( in the pre-Soviet period - Kobdo [1] , in the Soviet period - Jirgalant [2] ) ( Mong. Khovd ) - a city in the western part of Mongolia , the administrative center of the aimag of the same name . Khovd is located on the Khovd River (Kobdo-Gol) , not far from Lake Har-Us-Nuur . Forms somon Jargalant.
| City | |
| Hovd | |
|---|---|
mong. Hovd  | |
 | |
| A country |  Mongolia |
| Aimak | Kobdos aimak |
| Somone | Jargalant |
| History and Geography | |
| Founded | |
| Area | 80 km² |
| Center height | |
| Timezone | UTC + 7 |
| Population | |
| Population | 28 601 people ( 2007 ) |
| Denominations | Buddhists and others |
| Official language | Mongolian |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +976 (0) 143 |
| Postcode | |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Physical and geographical characteristics
- 3 population
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
History
The city was founded in the XVII century by Galdan-Boshogtu- khan, the ruler of Dzungaria (1671-1697). The Qing Empire established control over Khovd after the death of the Dzungar Khanate in 1757. The reign of the Qing empire ended after the capture of the Manchurian-Chinese garrison by the formations of the Mongolian people's army on August 7, 1912, led by Manlai Baatur Damdinsuren, Hatan -Bator Maksarzhava and Ja-lama Dambidzhaltsan.
Physico-geographical characteristics
Khovd is located at the foot of the Mongolian Altai . Har-Us-Nuur Lake , which is part of the Manhan Nature Reserve, is located 25 km from the city.
Hovda's climate is desert ( Köppen's climate classification is BWk), with dry, almost snowless and long winters and short and hot summers. The amount of precipitation is insignificant; most of them fall in the summer.
| Climate Hovda | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Absolute maximum, ° C | 8.6 | 13.7 | 21.7 | 30.7 | 32,0 | 34.2 | 33,4 | 35.6 | 30,0 | 24.7 | 14,4 | 13.3 | 35.6 |
| Average maximum, ° C | −16.3 | −12 | 0.3 | 11.1 | 19.1 | 23.8 | 24.7 | 23,4 | 17.7 | 9.0 | −2.3 | −12.9 | 7.1 |
| Average temperature, ° C | −24.3 | −20.2 | −7.4 | 3.9 | 11.9 | 17.1 | 18.6 | 16.7 | 10.6 | 1,5 | −9.7 | −20 | −0.1 |
| Average minimum ° C | −29.9 | −27.7 | −14.7 | −3.5 | 4.6 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 10.0 | 3.9 | −4.7 | −15.7 | −25.6 | −6.7 |
| Absolute minimum, ° C | −46.6 | −44.6 | −31.7 | −19.4 | −8.6 | −6.4 | 1,5 | −0.9 | −13.9 | −25.3 | −35.2 | −40.4 | −46.6 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2,3 | 5.9 | 9.5 | 26.5 | 35.0 | 22.7 | 10.6 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 1,6 | 122.8 |
| Source: [2] | |||||||||||||
Population
The population (2000 census) - 26,023 people, 2003 - 30,479 (estimate), 2007 - 28,601 (estimate [3] ).
In 2005, 32,351 people (6,675 families) lived in the Jargalant somon, belonging to more than 10 different ethnic groups and nationalities - Olet , Khalkhi , Zakhchin , Torgut , Uryanhayts , Myangad , Derbet , Bayat , Kazakhs , Chantu ( Uzbeks ) and Uzumchins [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Kobdo, city // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Jirgalant // Demosthenes - Precambrian. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1952. - P. 230. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 51 vols.] / Ch. Ed. B. A. Vvedensky ; 1949-1958, vol. 14).
- ↑ Khovd Aimag Statistical Office 2007 Annual Report
- ↑ Feasibility Assessment of Sustainable Use of Land and Water in the Buyant River Delta, Khovd Aimag. National University of Mongolia. [one]
Links
- Kobdo, _city // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.