Country · MN

Mongolia in other languages: exonyms, Ulaanbaatar, flag and 21 aimags

Mongolia is Монгол улс (Mongol uls) in Mongolian Cyrillic and ᠮᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (Moŋɣol ulus) in the traditional script, coded MN, MNG and 496. Its name is listed here in 176 languages, the capital in 69, and the 21 provinces with the capital city in both scripts.

Official languagesMongolian (монгол, ᠮᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠣᠯ)

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

ratio 1:2

alpha-2: MN
alpha-3: MNG
numeric: 496

Монгол улс Mongolian · CyrillicRomanised Mongol uls

ᠮᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ Mongolian · MongolianRomanised Moŋɣol ulus

English: Mongolia
Capital: УлаанбаатарᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷUlaanbaatar · Ulan Bator

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026

01 · Exonyms

Mongolia in other languages

Mongolia in 176 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Aragonese, Asturian, Breton, Welsh, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, Galician, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Ladin, Norwegian, Novial, Occitan, Polish, Romansh, Romanian, Aromanian, Sicilian, Northern Sami, Spanish, Albanian, Swahili	eng / arg / ast / bre / cym / eus / fao / fin / fkv / glg / ina / ind / ita / jav / lat / lld / nor / nov / oci / pol / roh / ron / rup / scn / sme / spa / sqi / swa	Mongolia	same as written
Cornish, Haitian Creole, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi	cor / hat / kin / run	Mongoli	same as written
French, Franco-Provençal, Friulian, Jersey Norman French	fra / frp / fur / jnf	Mongolie	same as written
Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovenian	hrv / lav / lit / slv	Mongolija	same as written
Afrikaans, Limburgish, Dutch	afr / lim / nld	Mongolië	same as written
German, Luxembourgish, Low German	deu / ltz / nds	Mongolei	same as written
Hungarian, Portuguese, Tetum	hun / por / tet	Mongólia	same as written
Catalan, Sardinian	cat / srd	Mongòlia	same as written
Czech, Slovak	ces / slk	Mongolsko	same as written
Danish, Swedish	dan / swe	Mongoliet	same as written
Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian	dsb / hsb	Mongolska	same as written
Estonian, Võro	est / vor	Mongoolia	same as written
Gagauz, Karakalpak	gag / kaa	Mongoliya / Монголия	Mongoliya
Azerbaijani	aze	Monqolustan / Монголустан	Monqolustan
Bambara	bam	Mɔngɔli	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Mongolija / Монголија / مۉنغۉلٖىيا	Mongolija
Crimean Tatar	crh	Moğolistan / Могъолистан	Moğolistan
Kashubian	csb	Mòngolskô	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Mongolujo, Mongolio	same as written
West Frisian	fry	Mongoalje	same as written
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Mongòilia, Mongoilia	same as written
Irish	gle	An Mhongóil	same as written
Manx	glv	Yn Vongoil	same as written
Hausa	hau	Mongoliya	same as written
Igbo	ibo	Mọṅgolia	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Mongólía	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Moẍolistan, Mongolya	same as written
Lingala	lin	Mongolí	same as written
Latgalian	ltg	Mongoleja	same as written
Malagasy	mlg	Môngôlia	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Mongolja	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Mongolia / Монголия	Mongolia
Maori	mri	Mongōria	same as written
Malay	msa	Mongolia / موڠݢوليا	Mongolia
Nahuatl	nah	Mongollān	same as written
Norman French	nrm	Moungolie	same as written
Quechua	que	Mungulsuyu	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Mongoliya / मोन्गोलिया	Mongoliya
Slovio	slo	Mongolia / Монголиа	Mongolia
Samogitian	smg	Monguolėjė	same as written
Samoan	smo	Monokolia	same as written
Somali	som	Mangooliya	same as written
Saterland Frisian	stq	Mongoläi	same as written
Silesian	szl	Můngolijo	same as written
Tagalog	tgl	Munggolya, Monggolya	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Mongoliýa / Монголия	Mongoliýa
Turkish	tur	Moğolistan	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Moʻgʻuliston / Мўғулистон / موغۇلىستان, Mongoliya / Монголия / ماڭگالىيە	Moʻgʻuliston, Mongoliya
Vietnamese	vie	Mông Cổ	same as written
Volapük	vol	Mongolän	same as written
Walloon	wln	Mongoleye	same as written
Wolof	wol	Moŋgooli	same as written
Zhuang	zha	Mungzguj	same as written
Zazaki	zza	Moğolıstan	same as written
Old Church Slavonic	chu	Мѫго́ли	Mǫgóli
Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Russian, Yakut, Udmurt	abq / alt / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / rus / sah / udm	Монголия	Mongolija
Rusyn, Ukrainian	rue / ukr	Монґолія	Mongolija
Abkhaz	abk	Монголиа	Mongolia
Avar	ava	Мангъолия	Manġolija
Bashkir	bak	Монголия / Mongoliya	Mongoliya
Belarusian	bel	Манголія / Manholija	Manholija
Chechen	che	Монголи / Mongoli	Mongoli
Chuvash	chv	Монголи	Mongoli
Kazakh	kaz	Моңғолия / موڭعوليا / Moñğolïya	Moñğolïya
Kabardian	kbd	Монголиэ	Mongoliă
Kyrgyz	kir	Монголия / مونعولىيا / Monğoliya	Monğoliya
Kurdish (Caucasus)	kmr	Мог’ольстан / Moẍolistan, Монг’олистан / Monẍolîstan, Мәг’олистан / Meẍolîstan, Мәнголи / Mengolî	Moẍolistan, Monẍolîstan, Meẍolîstan, Mengolî
Lak	lbe	Мангъулия	Manġulija
Meadow Mari	mhr	Моҥгол Эл, Монголий	Moŋgol Ėl, Mongolij
Macedonian	mkd	Монголија	Mongolija
Mongolian	mon	Монгол улс / ᠮᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ	Mongol uls, Moŋɣol ulus
Ossetian	oss	Мангол, Монголи	Mangol, Mongoli
Serbian	srp	Монголија / Mongolija	Mongolija
Tatar	tat	Монголия / Monğoliä / مونغولىيە	Monğoliä
Tajik	tgk	Муғулистон / مغولستان / Muƣuliston	Muƣuliston
Tuvan	tyv	Моол	Mool
Kalmyk	xal	Моңһл	Moŋġl
Arabic	ara	منغوليا	Munġūliyā / Manġūliyā
South Azerbaijani	azb	مونقولوستان / Monqolustan	Monqolustan
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	مەنگۆلیا / Mengolya, مۆنگۆلیا / Mongolya	Mengolya, Mongolya
Persian	fas	مغولستان / Moqulestân, مغلستان / Moqolestân	Moqulestân, Moqolestân
Western Punjabi, Dari, Urdu	pnb / prs / urd	منگولیا	Mangōliyā
Pashto	pus	مغولستان, مغلستان, مغليه	Maġōlistān, Muġulistān, Muġuliyâ
Uyghur	uig	موڭغۇلىيە / Mongghuliye / Моңғулийә	Mongghuliye
Dhivehi	div	މޮނގޯލިއާ	Moṅgōliā
Hebrew	heb	מונגוליה	Mōngōlyah
Ladino	lad	מונגוליה / Mongolia	Mongolia
Yiddish	yid	מאָנגאָלײַ	Mongolay
Berber	ber	ⵎⴰⵏⴳⵓⵍⵢⴰ / Mangulya	Mangulya
Amharic	amh	ሞንጎሊያ, ሞንጎልያ	Mongoliya, Mongolya
Greek	ell	Μογγολία	Moggolía
Armenian	hye	Մոնղոլիա	Monġolia
Georgian	kat	მონღოლეთი, მონგოლეთი	Monġoleṭi, Mongoleṭi
Laz	lzz	მოღოლისტანი / Moğolist’ani, მონგოლია / Mongolia	Moğolist’ani, Mongolia
Mingrelian	xmf	მონღოლეთი	Monġoleṭi
Hindi, Nepali	hin / nep	मंगोलिया	Maṃgoliyā
Bengali	ben	মঙ্গোলিয়া	Môṅgoliyā
Gujarati	guj	મંગોલિયા	Maṃgoliyā
Odia	ori	ମଙ୍ଗୋଲିଆ	Môṅgoliā
Punjabi	pan	ਮੰਗੋਲੀਆ	Mãgolīā
Sinhala	sin	මොංගෝලියාව	Moṃgōliyāva
Kannada	kan	ಮಂಗೋಲಿಯ	Maṃgōliya
Malayalam	mal	മംഗോളിയ	Maṃgōḷiya
Tamil	tam	மங்கோலியா, மொங்கோலியா	Maṅkōliyā, Moṅkōliyā
Telugu	tel	మంగోలియా	Maṃgōliyā
Chinese	zho	蒙古	Měnggǔ
Cantonese	yue	蒙古	Mùhnggú
Japanese	jpn	モンゴル, モーコ	Mongoru, Mōko
Korean	kor	몽골	Monggol
Tibetan	bod	མོང་གོལ།, ཁལ་ཁ།	Moṅ.gol, Kʰal.kʰa
Dzongkha	dzo	སོག་པོ།	Sog.po
Burmese	mya	မွန်ဂိုးလီးယား	Mũgoliyà
Thai	tha	มองโกเลีย	Mɔ̄ṅkōliya
Lao	lao	ມົງໂກລີ, ມົງໂກ	Môṅkōlī, Môṅkō
Khmer	khm	ម៉ុងហ្គោលី, ម៉ុងហ្គូលី	Muṅhkōlī, Muṅhkūlī

Names in other scripts carry the romanisation in brackets on the same line; where a language writes the name in two or three scripts, all are given, Latin last. Chinese and Cantonese share the characters 蒙古 and differ only in reading.

02 · NamesU+04E8 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER BARRED O

Mongol uls and the names it gave other languages

Inside the country the name is Монгол улс, transliterated Mongol uls; the same words in the vertical Mongolian script read Moŋɣol ulus, a spelling that keeps older vowels the Cyrillic form has dropped. The adjective is монгол (mongol), and it also names the language.

Most of the world borrowed the people's name and added a country ending. Romance, Germanic and Slavic languages built forms in -ia, -ei or -sko: Mongolei in German, Mongolsko in Czech and Slovak, Монголия (Mongolija) in Russian and ten other languages written in Cyrillic. A second family uses the Persian suffix -stan: مغولستان (Moqulestân) in Persian, Moğolistan in Turkish and Crimean Tatar, Moʻgʻuliston in Uzbek, Муғулистон in Tajik.

East Asia goes its own way. Chinese and Cantonese write 蒙古, Japanese uses the loan モンゴル (Mongoru) beside the older モーコ (Mōko), and Korean says 몽골 (Monggol). Tibetan lists མོང་གོལ། (Moṅ.gol) and also ཁལ་ཁ། (Kʰal.kʰa), while Dzongkha has སོག་པོ། (Sog.po). Tuvan and Kalmyk shorten the word to a single syllable or two: Tuvan Моол (Mool), Kalmyk Моңһл (Moŋġl).

The capital shows the same split. Mongolian writes Улаанбаатар with its long vowels; Russian Улан-Батор simplified them, and that shorter form travelled on into German and English as Ulan Bator, into French as Oulan-Bator and into Polish as Ułan Bator. Kazakh and Uyghur adapted the name to their own sounds as Ұланбатыр and ئۇلانباتۇر.

03 · Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbaatar and Ulan Bator in other languages

Ulaanbaatar in 69 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish	eng / deu / ltz / nds / gle	Ulan Bator	same as written
Aragonese, Asturian, Spanish	arg / ast / spa	Ulán Bator	same as written
Azerbaijani, Moldovan, Turkmen	aze / mol / tuk	Ulan-Bator / Улан-Батор	Ulan-Bator
Czech, Slovak	ces / slk	Ulánbátar	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Ulan Bator / Улан Батор / ۆلان باتۉر	Ulan Bator
Esperanto	epo	Ulan-Batoro	same as written
French	fra	Oulan-Bator	same as written
Galician	glg	Ulán Bátor	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Ulánbátor	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Úlan Bator	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Ûlan Bator	same as written
Latvian	lav	Ulanbatora	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Ulan Batoras	same as written
Malay	msa	Ulan Bator / اولان باتور	Ulan Bator
Dutch	nld	Oelan Bator	same as written
Polish	pol	Ułan Bator	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Olan Batuors	same as written
Turkish	tur	Ulan Batur	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Ulan-Bator / Улан-Батор / ئۇلەن-بەتار	Ulan-Bator
Vietnamese	vie	U-lăng Ba-to	same as written
Old Church Slavonic	chu	Оуланбатаръ	Ulanbatarŭ
Russian, Ukrainian	rus / ukr	Улан-Батор	Ulan-Bator
Bashkir	bak	Улан-Батор / Ulan-Bator	Ulan-Bator
Belarusian	bel	Улан-Батар / Ułan-Batar	Ułan-Batar
Bulgarian	bul	Улан Батор	Ulan Bator
Kazakh	kaz	Ұланбатыр / ۇلانباتىر / Ulanbatır	Ulanbatır
Kyrgyz	kir	Улан-Батор / ۇلان-باتور / Ulan-Bator	Ulan-Bator
Mongolian	mon	Улаанбаатар / ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ	Ulaanbaatar, Ulaɣanbaɣatur
Yakut	sah	Улаанбаатар	Ulaanbaatar
Serbian	srp	Улан Батор / Ulan Bator	Ulan Bator
Tatar	tat	Улан-Батор / Ulan-Bator / ئۇلان-باتور	Ulan-Bator
Tajik	tgk	Улон-Ботур / اولان باتور / Ulon-Botur	Ulon-Botur
Arabic	ara	أولان باتور, أولان باطور, أولان باتار, أولانباتار	Ūlān Bātūr, Ūlān Bāṭūr, Ūlān Bātār, Ūlānbātār
South Azerbaijani	azb	اولان باتور / Ulan-Bator	Ulan-Bator
Persian	fas	اولان باتور / Ulân Bâtor	Ulân Bâtor
Western Punjabi	pnb	الان بطور	Ulān Baṫōr
Pashto, Urdu	pus / urd	اولان باتور	Ūlān Bātōr
Uyghur	uig	ئۇلانباتۇر / Ulanbatur / Уланбатур	Ulanbatur
Hebrew	heb	אולן־בטור, אולאן־באטור	Ūlan-Baṭōr, Ūlān-Bāṭōr
Yiddish	yid	אולאַן באַטאָר	Ulan Bator
Amharic	amh	ኡላን ባቶር	Ulan Bator
Greek (Demotic)	ell	Ουλάν-Μπατόρ	Oylán-Mpatór
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell	Οὐλὰν-Μπατόρ	Oylàn-Mpatór
Armenian	hye	Ուլան Բատոր	Oulan Bator
Georgian	kat	ულან-ბატორი	Ulan-Batori
Hindi	hin	उलानबातर, ऊलान बातर	Ulānbātar, Ūlān Bātar
Bengali	ben	উলানবাটার, উলানবাটর, উলানবাটোর, উলান বাটোর	Ulānbāṭār, Ulānbāṭôr, Ulānbāṭor, Ulān Bāṭor
Punjabi	pan	ਉਲਾਂਬਾਤਾਰ	Ulāṃbātār
Kannada	kan	ಉಲಾನ್‍ಬಾಟರ್	Ulānbāṭar
Malayalam	mal	ഉലാന്ബാതർ	Ulānbātar
Tamil	tam	ஊலான்பாட்டார், உலன் படோர்	Ūlāṉpāṭṭār, Ulaṉ Paṭōr
Telugu	tel	యులాన్ బేటర్	Yulān Bēṭar
Chinese	zho	烏蘭巴托/乌兰巴托	Wūlánbātuō
Japanese	jpn	ウランバートル	Uranbātoru
Korean	kor	울란바토르	Ullanbatoreu
Tibetan	bod	ཝུ་ལན་བ་ཐུར།	Wu.lan. Ba.tʰur
Thai	tha	อูลานบาตอร์	Ūlān Bātɔ̄[r]
Khmer	khm	អ៊ូឡានប៉ាតា, យ៉ូឡេនបាទ័រ	Ūḷānbātā, Yūḷenbātŏr

Greek is given twice, in the modern demotic spelling and in the older katharevousa spelling with full accents.

04 · Aimags

The 21 aimags of Mongolia and the capital city

Mongolia is divided into 21 provinces (аймаг, ajmag) and the capital Ulaanbaatar, which ranks as a unit of its own. Each name is shown in Cyrillic and in the Mongolian script with a transliteration, beside the name ISO 3166-2 publishes and the provincial centre.

Mongolia, ISO 3166-2:MN: 21 provinces, 1 capital city
ISO 3166-2	Mongolian Cyrillic	Mongolian script	English	Administrative centre
Provinces аймгууд ajmguud21
MN-073	Архангай аймагArȟangaj ajmag	ᠠᠷᠤᠬᠠᠩᠭ᠋ᠠᠢ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭAruqaŋɣai ayimaɣ	Arhangay	ЦэцэрлэгCäcärläg
MN-071	Баян-Өлгий аймагBajan-Ölgij ajmag	ᠪᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨ-ᠥᠯᠦᠭᠡᠢ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭBayan-Ölügei ayimaɣ	Bayan-Ölgiy	ӨлгийÖlgij
MN-069	Баянхонгор аймагBajanȟongor ajmag	ᠪᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠩᠬᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠤᠷ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭBayaŋqoŋɣur ayimaɣ	Bayanhongor	БаянхонгорBajanȟongor
MN-067	Булган аймагBulgan ajmag	ᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭBulaɣan ayimaɣ	Bulgan	БулганBulgan
MN-037	Дархан-Уул аймагDarȟan-Uul ajmag	ᠳᠠᠷᠬᠠᠨ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭDarqan Aɣula ayimaɣ	Darhan uul	ДарханDarȟan
MN-061	Дорнод аймагDornod ajmag	ᠳᠣᠷᠤᠨᠠᠳᠤ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭDorunadu ayimaɣ	Dornod	ЧойбалсанČojbalsan
MN-063	Дорноговь аймагDornogov' ajmag	ᠳᠣᠷᠤᠨᠠᠭᠣᠪᠢ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭDorunaɣobi ayimaɣ	Dornogovĭ	СайншандSajnšand
MN-059	Дундговь аймагDundgov' ajmag	ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠭᠣᠪᠢ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭDumdaɣobi ayimaɣ	Dundgovĭ	МандалговьMandalgov'
MN-057	Завхан аймагZavȟan ajmag	ᠵᠠᠪᠬᠠᠨ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭJabqan ayimaɣ	Dzavhan	УлиастайUliastaj
MN-065	Говь-Алтай аймагGov'-Altaj ajmag	ᠭᠣᠪᠢ-ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭƔobi-Altai ayimaɣ	Govĭ-Altay	АлтайAltaj
MN-064	Говьсүмбэр аймагGov'sümbär ajmag	ᠭᠣᠪᠢ-ᠰᠦᠮᠪᠦᠷ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭƔobi-Sümbür ayimaɣ	Govĭ-Sümber	ЧойрČojr
MN-039	Хэнтий аймагȞäntij ajmag	ᠬᠡᠨᠲᠡᠢ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭKentei ayimaɣ	Hentiy	ӨндөрхаанÖndörȟaan
MN-043	Ховд аймагȞovd ajmag	ᠬᠣᠪᠳᠤ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭQobdu ayimaɣ	Hovd	ХовдȞovd
MN-041	Хөвсгөл аймагȞövsgöl ajmag	ᠬᠥᠪᠰᠦᠭᠦᠯ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭKöbsügül ayimaɣ	Hövsgöl	МөрөнMörön
MN-053	Өмнөговь аймагÖmnögov' ajmag	ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠭᠣᠪᠢ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭEmüneɣobi ayimaɣ	Ömnögovĭ	ДаланзадгадDalanzadgad
MN-035	Орхон аймагOrȟon ajmag	ᠣᠷᠬᠤᠨ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭOrqun ayimaɣ	Orhon	ЭрдэнэтÄrdänät
MN-055	Өвөрхангай аймагÖvörȟangaj ajmag	ᠥᠪᠥᠷᠬᠠᠩᠭ᠋ᠠᠢ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭÖbörqaŋɣai ayimaɣ	Övörhangay	АрвайхээрArvajȟäär
MN-049	Сэлэнгэ аймагSälängä ajmag	ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭSeleŋge ayimaɣ	Selenge	СүхбаатарSüȟbaatar
MN-051	Сүхбаатар аймагSüȟbaatar ajmag	ᠰᠦᠬᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭSükebaɣatur ayimaɣ	Sühbaatar	Баруун-УртBaruun-Urt
MN-047	Төв аймагTöv ajmag	ᠲᠥᠪ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭTöb ayimaɣ	Töv	ЗуунмодZuunmod
MN-046	Увс аймагUvs ajmag	ᠤᠪᠰᠤ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭUbsu ayimaɣ	Uvs	УлаангомUlaangom
Capital city хот ȟot1
MN-1	Улаанбаатар хотUlaanbaatar ȟot	ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ ᠬᠣᠲᠠUlaɣanbaɣatur qota	Ulaanbaatar	УлаанбаатарUlaanbaatar

Codes and the names in the English column: ISO 3166-2:MN as listed on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from its English Wikipedia mirror on 28 October 2026; ISO romanises in BGN/PCGN 1964, so Darhan uul and Dzavhan differ from the transliterations in the native columns. No change to the entry has been published since 1998. Centres and the native forms in both scripts: the 2017 edition of this list.

Districts (sums) of every province

05 · DivisionsU+1820 MONGOLIAN LETTER A

Provinces, the capital and their codes

A province is an аймаг (ajmag) and the plural аймгууд (ajmguud); the Mongolian script writes ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ (ayimaɣ). Five province names share the element Говь (gov'): Dornogov', Dundgov', Ömnögov', Gov'-Altaj and Gov'sümbär. Two more share хангай (ȟangaj), Arȟangaj and Övörȟangaj.

Ulaanbaatar is the one unit called хот (ȟot), city. Older lists counted Darȟan-Uul, Orȟon and Gov'sümbär as municipalities too, each around a single town: Darȟan, Ärdänät and Čojr. In the current list all three are provinces like the rest.

The ISO codes are numbers, not letters. Provinces carry three digits, from MN-035 for Orhon to MN-073 for Arhangay, and the capital has the single digit MN-1. Several centres share a name with their province (Bajanȟongor, Bulgan, Ȟovd), and one province, Sälängä, has its centre in a town called Süȟbaatar, which is also the name of another province.

06 · Questions

Questions about the names and provinces of Mongolia

What is Mongolia called in Mongolian?

Монгол улс (Mongol uls) in Cyrillic, ᠮᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (Moŋɣol ulus) in the Mongolian script.

Is it Ulaanbaatar or Ulan Bator?

Both name the same city. Ulaanbaatar follows the Mongolian spelling Улаанбаатар; Ulan Bator comes from the Russian Улан-Батор and is still the usual form in German, Polish and many other languages.

How many provinces does Mongolia have?

21 aimags, plus the capital Ulaanbaatar as a separate unit. ISO 3166-2 gives all 22 a code.

What are Mongolia's ISO codes?

MN (alpha-2), MNG (alpha-3) and 496 (numeric) in ISO 3166-1.

Why are there two scripts on this page?

Mongolian is written in Cyrillic and in the traditional vertical script, which Unicode encodes in its own block from U+1800. Every province and centre is given in both.