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Geography

The aimag borders with Russia in the north. The neighbouring aimags are Darkhan-Uul in the northwest, Töv in the west, Govisümber in the southwest, Dornogovi in the south, Sükhbaatar in the southeast, and Dornod in the east. The border to Töv is divided by the city of Baganuur, an administrative exclave of Ulan Bator.

The northwest of the aimag is covered by the eastern part of the Khentii Mountains, towards the southeast the landscape changes into the eastern Mongolian steppe plains. The mountain Burkhan Khaldun in the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area is considered sacred, and assumed to be the birthplace of Genghis Khan.

South of Burkhan Khaldun the Kherlen River originates, which crosses the south of the aimag in eastern direction after a detour through Töv. A little further east is the spring of the Onon River. The Balj-Onon National Park is located in the northeast of the aimag.

Administrative Subdivision

The Cities of Khentii aimag
City	Mongolian	Sum	Population (1994)	Population (2001)	Population (2006)
Berkh	Бэрх	Batnorov	4,517	3,871	3,890
Bor-Öndör	Бор-Өндөр	Darkhan	2,695	6,406	8,510
Öndörkhaan (capital)	Өндөрхаан	Kherlen	14,409	~12,000	~14,800

The Sums of Khentii aimag
Sum	Mongolian	Population (1994)	Population (2001)	Population (2005)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
Batnorov	Батноров	3,169	2,986	6739*	4,968	1.36
Batshireet	Батширээт	2,591	2,196	2,009	7,018	0.29
Bayan-Adarga	Баян-Адарга	2,493	2,333	2,413	3,021	0.80
Bayankhutag	Баянхутаг	2,130	2,280	2,090	6,029	0.35
Bayanmönkh	Баянмөнх	1,646	1,790	1,693	2,540	0.67
Bayan-Ovoo	Баян-Овоо	1,917	1,697	1,701	3,381	0.50
Binder	Биндэр	4,184	3,615	3,537	5,386	0.66
Dadal	Дадал	2,826	2,387	2,534	4,727	0.54
Darkhan	Дархан	1,949	1,904	9,462**	4,455	2.12
Delgerkhaan	Дэлгэрхаан	3,029	2,902	2,339	3,986	0.59
Galshar	Галшар	2,575	2,906	2,468	6,676	0.37
Jargaltkhaan	Жаргалтхаан	1,863	2,073	1,848	2,752	0.67
Kherlen ***	Хэрлэн	20,172	16,578	16,783	3,788	4.43
Mörön	Мөрөн	2,444	2,264	2,026	2,196	0.92
Norovlin	Норовлин	2,713	2,777	2,255	5,334	0.42
Ömnödelger	Өмнөдэлгэр	3,895	5,739	5,208	10,877	0.48
Tsenkhermandal	Цэнхэрмандал	2,361	1,791	1,661	3,177	0.52

^* - Berkh including.

^** - Bor-Öndör including.

^*** - The aimag capital Öndörkhaan including.

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Khentii (Хэнтий) is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the east of the country. Its capital is Öndörkhaan. The aimag is named after the Khentii Mountains.