Dornogovĭ aymag (Дорноговь аймаг) is one of the 21 provinces of Mongolia. It is located in the south of Mongolia. Its capital is Saynshand. Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Image File history File links Drawn by Nanshu. ... Mongolia is divided into 21 aymags or provinces. ... Mongolia is divided into 21 aymags (provinces). ...
The northern, central, and southern metallogenic provinces of Mongolia have a high potential for a discovery of new deposits of copper, molybdenum, lead, and zinc.
In the northern and southern Mongolian provinces, the potential is greater for Copper- molybdenum porphyries, while in central Mongolia both lead-zinc and Copper- molybdenum porphyry deposits occur.
This property is situated 400 km SE of Ulaanbaatar and 200 km West of Baruun-Urt province center.
I would have expected FIPS to describe this as a change of name from Darhan to Darhan Uul and from Erdenet to Orhon, without changing the status or FIPS code for either one; and since I understand that Govisumber was split from Dornogovi, I would have expected the FIPS code for Dornogovi to change.
The provinces are subdivided into soums (or sooms or sums), translated sub-provinces, districts, or counties.
The Mongolian provinces of Ala-Shan, Ordos, Silin Gol, and Chearim remained part of China.