Khovd
Khovd is a sum of the Uvs aimag in Mongolia. It is located in the south-west of the aimag, at the border to the Bayan-Ölgii Aimag. It is situated in the Achit Lake depression, sum center is 28 km SE from the lake at the Khovd River left bank.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,470 metres (4,810 feet)
- Description: Sum (district) in Uvs Aimag, Mongolia
- Also known as“Khovd, Uvs”“Khowd”
- Category: district of Mongolia
- Location
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Latitude
49.3° or 49° 18′ north
Longitude
90.51667° or 90° 31′ east
Open location code
8MXG8G28+2M
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Khovd” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hovd (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Hovd”
- Dutch: “Hovd”
- Hungarian: “Hovd járás”
- Italian: “Distretto di Hovd”
- Macedonian: “Ховд, Увс”
- Macedonian: “Ховд”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Khovd”
- Mongolian: “Ховд сум”
- Persian: “خوفد”
- Persian: “خوود (اووس)”
- Russian: “Кобдо”
- Russian: “Ховд (Увс)”
- Russian: “Ховд”
- Swedish: “Chovd, Uvs”
- Swedish: “Hovd (distrikt)”
- Ukrainian: “Кобдо”
- Vietnamese: “Khovd, Uvs”
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