Hovd

Jyrgalant is the capital of the Hovd province of . By extension it is directly named Khovd or Hovd. It has a population of around 30,000. Note that there is a different village close to it that has this name.
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  • Type: City with 28,600 residents
  • Description: city in Mongolia
  • Also known as: “Chirgalantu”, “Chzhirgalantu”, “Djirgalantu”, “Dund-Us”, “Dzhaghalantu”, “Dzhargalantu”, “Dzhirgalantu”, “Hobdo”, “Hobdo Gol”, “Jirgalanta”, “Jirgalantu”, “Khobdo”, “Khovd”, “KHovd”, “Khovd City”, “Kobdo”, “Ховд ᠬᠣᠪᠳᠤ”, and “ᠬᠣᠪᠳᠤ”

Hovd

Latitude
48.0006° or 48° 0′ 2″ north
Longitude
91.6452° or 91° 38′ 43″ east
Population
28,600
Elevation
1,395 metres (4,577 feet)
IATA airport code
HVD
United Nations Location Code
MN HVD
Open location code
8MWH2J2W+73
Open­Street­Map ID
node 308452912
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1516048
Wiki­data ID
Q731256
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Hovd” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kovd”
  • Amharic: “ኮቭድ”
  • Arabic: “خوفد”
  • Arabic: “مدينة خوفد”
  • Asturian: “Khovd”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xovd”
  • Basque: “Hovd”
  • Bengali: “খভদ্”
  • Bengali: “খোভড”
  • Bosnian: “Hovd”
  • Bulgarian: “Ховд”
  • Catalan: “Khovd”
  • Chinese: “Khovd”
  • Chinese: “科布多”
  • Chinese: “科布多城”
  • Chuvash: “Кобдо”
  • Czech: “Chovd”
  • Danish: “Hovd”
  • Danish: “Khovd”
  • Dutch: “Hovd”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خوفد”
  • Esperanto: “Khovd”
  • Estonian: “Hovd”
  • Finnish: “Hovd”
  • French: “Chowd”
  • French: “Hovd”
  • French: “Khovd”
  • French: “Kobdo”
  • Georgian: “ხოვდი”
  • German: “Chowd”
  • German: “Khovd”
  • Greek: “Κχοβντ”
  • Greek: “Χοβντ”
  • Gujarati: “ખોવ્દ”
  • Hausa: “Khovd”
  • Hebrew: “חובד”
  • Hindi: “खोवद”
  • Hindi: “खोव्द”
  • Hindi: “ख़ोव्द”
  • Hungarian: “Hovd”
  • Hungarian: “Kobdó”
  • Icelandic: “Howd”
  • Indonesian: “Khovd”
  • Italian: “Hovd”
  • Japanese: “ホブド”
  • Javanese: “Khovd”
  • Kalmyk: “Ковд балһсн”
  • Kalmyk: “Ховд балһсн”
  • Kannada: “ಖೋವ್ಡ್”
  • Kazakh: “Ховд”
  • Kazakh: “Ховда”
  • Kirghiz: “Ховд”
  • Korean: “허브드”
  • Korean: “호브드”
  • Latvian: “Hovda”
  • Lithuanian: “Chobdas”
  • Lithuanian: “Chovdas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kobdas”
  • Macedonian: “Ховд”
  • Malay: “Khovd”
  • Marathi: “खोवद”
  • Mazanderani: “هوود”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Khovd”
  • Mongolian: “Ховд”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khovd”
  • Norwegian: “Khovd”
  • Oromo: “Khovd”
  • Panjabi: “ਖੋਵਡ”
  • Persian: “خاود”
  • Persian: “خوفد”
  • Polish: “Chowd”
  • Polish: “Kobdo”
  • Portuguese: “Hovd”
  • Portuguese: “Khovd”
  • Pushto: “خوفد”
  • Romanian: “Hovd”
  • Romanian: “Khovd”
  • Russian: “Дунд-Ус”
  • Russian: “Кобдо”
  • Russian: “Ховд”
  • Sinhala: “හොව්ඩ්”
  • Slovenian: “Hovd”
  • Somali: “Khovd”
  • Spanish: “Hovd”
  • Spanish: “Khovd”
  • Swahili: “Khovd”
  • Swedish: “Chovd”
  • Swedish: “Hovd”
  • Swedish: “Jargalant”
  • Swedish: “Khovd”
  • Swedish: “Kobdo”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Khovd”
  • Tajik: “Ховд”
  • Tamil: “கோஃப்ட”
  • Tatar: “Ховд”
  • Telugu: “ఖోవ్డి”
  • Thai: “คอฟด์”
  • Turkish: “Hovd”
  • Turkish: “Khovd”
  • Turkmen: “Howd”
  • Ukrainian: “Кобдо”
  • Ukrainian: “Ховд”
  • Urdu: “خوفد”
  • Urdu: “خوود (شہر)”
  • Urdu: “خوود”
  • Uzbek: “Kobdo”
  • Uzbek: “Xovd”
  • Vietnamese: “Hovd”
  • Vietnamese: “Khovd”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Khovd”

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