List of cities in Mongolia

This is a list of cities in Mongolia.

Ulaanbaatar

Erdenet

Darkhan

Choibalsan

Mörön

Khovd

Ölgii

Nalaikh

Bayankhongor

Baganuur

Arvaikheer

Ulaangom

Sükhbaatar

Altai

Sainshand

Uliastai

Tsetserleg

Züünkharaa

Öndörkhaan

Zuunmod

Dalanzadgad

Baruun-Urt

Bulgan

Mandalgovi

Zamyn-Üüd

Sharyngol

Kharkhorin

Bor-Öndör

Choir

Tosontsengel

Bagakhangai

Major Cities in Mongolia and outer Düüregs of Ulaanbaatar

The following table includes cities of more than 7,500 inhabitants, their names in English transliteration and Mongolian. The results are from the census of January 5, 2000 as well as from a population estimation for the end of 2008. If 2008 year data was not accessible, the closest and most reliable data was used and noted by an index.

The population and growth estimates for years 1979 and 1989 were added to show the historical significance of population growth and urbanisation throughout Mongolia alongside with the overall growth of Mongolia.

Key: For population growth 1979 - 2008

• Salmon cells indicate that the population has declined or experienced minimal (<1%) growth.
• Light green cells indicate a growth between 1-2%.
• Dark Green cells indicate a growth of greater than or equal to 2%.

The higher level administrative unit is the aimag, except for Ulaanbaatar which administrates its own federal district (Nalaikh and Baganuur are administrated by Ulaanbaatar. The numbers of inhabitants relate to the cities proper without surrounding districts.

Current census

Rank	Name	Mongolian	Population 2010 Census	Province/Municipality	Founded
1	Ulaanbaatar* (city core)	Улаанбаатар ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ	1,089,358	Ulaanbaatar	1639
2	Darkhan	Дархан ᠡᠷᠳᠡᠨᠢᠲᠦ	180,379	Darkhan-Uul Province	1961
3	Erdenet	Дархан ᠳᠠᠷᠬᠠᠨ	74,738	Orkhon sum Province	1961
4	Choibalsan	Чойбалсан ᠴᠣᠶᠢᠪᠠᠯᠰᠠᠩ	38,537	Dornod Province	1821
5	Mörön	Мөрөн ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ	35,789	Khövsgöl Province	1809
—	Nalaikh	Налайх	30,049	Ulaanbaatar	1962
6	Bayankhongor	Баянхонгор ᠪᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠩᠬᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠤᠷ	29,817	Bayankhongor Province
7	Ölgii	Өлгий ᠥᠯᠦᠭᠡᠢ	29,392	Bayan-Ölgii Province	1940
8	Khovd	Ховд ᠬᠣᠪᠳᠤ	29,012	Khovd Province	In 1685 founded by Galdan Boshugtu Khan on the bank of the Khovd River.
9	Arvaikheer	Арвайхээр ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠶᠢᠬᠡᠭᠡᠷ	27,162	Övörkhangai Province
10	Ulaangom	Улаангом ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠩᠭ᠋ᠣᠮ	27,152	Uvs Province	1686?
—	Baganuur	Багануур ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ	22,210	Ulaanbaatar	1980
11	Tsetserleg	Цэцэрлэг ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠷᠯᠢᠭ	20,604	Arkhangai Province	1631
12	Sükhbaatar	Сүхбаатар ᠰᠦᠬᠡᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ	19,662	Selenge Province	1940
13	Dalanzadgad	Даланзадгад ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠨᠵᠠᠳᠠᠭᠠᠳ	18,740	Ömnögovi Province
14	Sainshand	Сайншанд ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠩᠰᠠᠩᠳᠠ	20,800	Dornogovi Province	1931
15	Züünkharaa	Зүүнхараа	18,002	Selenge Province
16	Uliastai	Улиастай ᠤᠯᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᠰᠤᠲᠠᠢ	17,468	Zavkhan Province	1733
17	Öndörkhaan	Өндөрхаан ᠥᠨᠳᠦᠷᠬᠠᠨ	17,164	Khentii Province
18	Altai	Алтай ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ	15,492	Govi-Altai Province
19	Baruun-Urt	Баруун-Урт ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠤᠷᠲᠤ	14,089	Sükhbaatar Province	1943
20	Zuunmod	Зуунмод ᠵᠠᠭᠤᠨᠮᠣᠳᠤ	13,330	Töv Province	XX
21	Zamyn-Üüd	Замын-Үүд ᠵᠠᠮ ᠤᠨ ᠡᠭᠦᠳᠡ	13,285	Dornogovi Province
22	Bulgan	Булган ᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ	11,320	Bulgan Province	1938
23	Mandalgovi	Мандалговь ᠮᠠᠨᠳᠠᠯᠭᠣᠪᠢ	10,888	Dundgovi Province
24	Choir	Чойр ᠴᠣᠶᠢᠷ	8,526	Govisümber Province	1691
25	Kharkhorin	Хархорин ᠬᠠᠷᠠ ᠬᠣᠷᠢᠨ	8,411	Övörkhangai Province	See Karakorum
26	Bor-Öndör	Бор-Өндөр	8,080	Khentii Province	1981
27	Sharyngol	Шарынгол ᠱᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠣᠤᠯ	7,795	Darkhan-Uul Province
28	Tosontsengel	Тосонцэнгэл	6,393	Zavkhan Province	In 1923 Birvaaragchaa beis and Dalaichoinkhor van's khoshuns joined.
—	Bagakhangai	Багахангай	3,337	Ulaanbaatar	XX

^* - city proper, Nalaikh, Baganuur, Bagakhangai not included in this figure, they are separated in the table.

Previous census

List of Mongolian cities

Rank	Name	1979 est.	1989 est.	2000 census	2008 est.	2010 Census	Change since 2000 Census	Province/Municipality
1	Ulaanbaatar *	396,300	540,600	711,900	1,008,738	1,089,358	377,458	Ulaanbaatar
2	Darkhan	49,100	-	68,310	120,866	150,379	30,069	Darkhan-Uul Province
3	Erdenet	29,100	-	65,791	86,300	91 ,738	15,947	Orkhon Province
4	Choibalsan	28,500	37,300	40,123	38,150	38,537	1,586	Dornod Province
5	Mörön	16,500	21,300	28,903	36,082	35,789	6,886	Khövsgöl Province
6	Nalaikh	-	-	23,600	29,115	30,049	6,449	Ulaanbaatar
7	Bayankhongor	16,300	21,200	22,066	26,252	29,817	7,751	Bayankhongor Province
8	Ölgii	18,700	27,200	25,791	27,855	29,392	3,601	Bayan-Ölgii Province
9	Khovd	17,500	24,100	25,765	28,601	29,012	3,247	Khovd Province
10	Arvaikheer	12,300	16,900	19,058	25,622	27,162	8,104	Övörkhangai Province
11	Ulaangom	17,900	22,900	25,993	21,406	27,152	1,159	Uvs Province
12	Baganuur	-	-	21,100	25,877	22,210	1,110	Ulaanbaatar
13	Tsetserleg	14,700	20,300	18,519	16,300	20,604	2,085	Arkhangai Province
14	Sükhbaatar	14,300	19,600	22,374	19,626	19,662	2,712	Selenge Province
15	Dalanzadgad	10,000	14,300	14,050	16,856	18,740	4,690	Ömnögovi Province
16	Sainshand	11,100	10,300	18,290	25,210	28,800	445	Dornogovi Province
17	Züünkharaa	11,400	-	15,000(2004)	-	18,002		Selenge Province
18	Uliastai	15,400	20,300	18,154	16,240	17,468	686	Zavkhan Province
19	Öndörkhaan	11,100	14,400	18,003	14,800	17,164	839	Khentii Province
20	Altai	13,700	18,800	15,741	15,800	15,492	249	Govi-Altai Province
21	Baruun-Urt	11,600	16,100	15,133	12,994	14,089	1,044	Sükhbaatar Province
22	Zuunmod	9,800	15,800	14,837	14,568	13,330	1,507	Töv Province
23	Zamyn-Üüd	-	-	5,486	11,527	13,285	7,799	Dornogovi Province
24	Bulgan	11,300	12,800	12,681	11,198	11,320	1,361	Bulgan Province
25	Mandalgovi	10,200	16,100	14,517	10,299	10,888	3,629	Dundgovi Province
26	Choir	4,500	-	8,983	7,998	8,526	457	Govisümber Province
27	Kharkhorin	-	-	8,977(2003)	-	8,411		Övörkhangai Province
28	Bor-Öndör	-	-	6,406(2001)	8,902	8,080		Khentii Province
29	Sharyngol	-	-	8,902	7,798	7,795	1,107	Darkhan-Uul Province
30	Tosontsengel	-	-	-	-	6,393		Zavkhan Province
31	Bagakhangai	-	-	-	-	3,337		Ulaanbaatar

See also

• History of Mongolia
• List of historical cities and towns of Mongolia
• List of city listings by country

External links

• National Statistical Office of Mongolia
• Ministry of Health of Mongolia. National Center for Health Development. Health Indicators 2006
• City Population - Historical population figures.