Location: Located in the eastern part of Mongolia, in other words, Khentii country borders withThe Republic of Buriad, Russian Federation, in the north, Dornod province in the east, Sukhbaatar province in the southeast, Dornogobi province in the south, Gobi-Sumber province in the southwest, Tuv province in the west, Selenge province the northwest and covers most parts of khentii mountainous area and lies on the basins of Kherlen, Onon and Ulz rivers. Khentii province's size is 82.3 thousand km2 with a combination of forests and steppes.

History: One of the first four aimags (provinces) Setsenkhan has changed its name twice since 1923, at that time it was called Aimag of Khan Khentii Mountains and its present name Khentii was given in 1930. This province is not only historical place in Mongolia but it is famous in the world's history. Because there are many facis on the Great Chinggis Qahan's renoun, life and death in this country and also many tombs, shrines, human stones', deer stones and petrogyph which are considered to be very significant for the history of Mongolian nation.

Population: 76.0 thousand

Unit of administration: 17 somon, 2 local cities. Center of the province is Ondorhkaan (330 km from Ulaanbaatar) Surface of the ground: Forested steppe and plain zone. Khan Khentii Mountain is the highest point of the province and the lowest one is Kherlen River. In the northern part of the province, there are high mountains with taiga which are 1800-2300 m above sea level and in the southern part, there are Dornod Ikh Tal plain with small hills which are less than 1000 m above sea level.

Climate: There is a little difference between the climates of north and south of aimag(province). Average temperature of the year is 0.9°C, the hottest period or during July the temperature is + 38.9°C and the coldest period or during January it is -46.3°C. Wind blows from northwest to southeast. Precipitation of Khentii country is 200-250 mm in the south, 250-300 mm in the mid¬lands, 300-400 mm through mountainous area in the northern part and Onon-Balj's basin and 500 mm on the high mountains of Khentii khan. During summer weather is humid and rather cool in the northern part, and it is dry and cool the southern part. Weather is extremely cold in winter.

Surface Water: There is relatively much reserve of both surface and underground water. There are many big and small rivers in the forest areas but not much water reserve in the plain one. One of the biggest river is Kherlen (580 km) flows while receiving streams of rivers such as Tenuun, Terelj, Murun, Tsenkher, Onon gol Khurkh, Shuus, Barkh, Balj, Ulz and Minj. There are many famous sanatoriums of springs such as Avarga toson, Tars and Arangat.

Manner of living: Livelihood and culture of Khalkh and Buriad ethnic groups who are the majority of Khentii country's residents dominate in the manner of living. Also, there are minor ethnic groups like Uriankhai, Kazakh, Dorvod, Bayad, Dariganga and Khamnigan. These ethnic groups lead a life through holding activities and factories suited to the condition of nature and social and economic environment of a place where they live. They are living while creating dwelling and settled places by their feature and culture. Khalkhs live evenly throughout the province, following the taiga of the Khentii Mountains, Buriads live in northern somon such as Dadai, Batshireet and Binder, Kazakhs take up residence in Berkh village, Uriankhains live in Omnodelger and Kherlen somon. Each ethnic group of the province has its peculiarities, for example, Khalkhs make felt and produce airag or fermented mare's milk, Kazakhs hunt using eagles and make handworks, while Uriankhains are reciters of epics and Buriads live like half-settled residents, make hand¬made products like butter and cream, mow hay by using horse-sickle, engage in animal-husbandry of few kinds of animals but USefUl and at the same time they are famous for singing and dancing.

Fauna and Flora: There are more than 60 species of 5 kinds of mammals. Hunting a wild animals for meat and skin is abundant. Animals of steppe live evenly throughout the country, animals such as brown bears, mooses, deer, roebucks, wild boars, musk deer, squirrels and lynxs in habit on the mountains of Khan Khentii, Alag, Baga Buural, Delgerkhaan and Omnodelger and wild sheep, ibex and roebuck are widely spread in Khar Yamaat, Ya/.aar and Darkhan mountains. Big rivers, like Onon and Kherlen, their confluences and some lakes have nearly 30 kinds offish that can be hunted. Vegetations of steppe and forest are spread in the country. Larch, cedar wood, birch, pine-tree, spruce, fir trees, juniper, hip's, cowberry, wild cherry tree, haws grow in the forests of the somon such as Dadal, Binder, Batshireet and Omnodelger, and stipa, 1 goblet, fescue, meadow grass, conch grass, hair grass, pheasant's eye sedge, brome-grass, broom grass and other herb grow in other somon of the steppe zone. There are meadows unevenly grown bushes like poplar groves and willon groves in the valleys of big rivers such as Kherlen, Onon and Balj. There are many medicinal herbs, fruit and nuts, and residents of the country pick rhubarb, wild leek and wild onion and process them in a traditional way for eating. There are plenty of pasture and haymaking sources in the steppe and valley areas.

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