Батыс Моңғолияның Увс аймағы

Province in north western Mongolia

Uvs (/uː//s//, //uː//v//z/; , ; , ), is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the west of the country, away from the national capital Ulaanbaatar. Its capital is Ulaangom which lies above sea level. The province is named after Mongolia’s biggest lake, Uvs Lake.

Parts of the steppe in this province are protected as the World Heritage Site Ubsunur Hollow. In the north the province borders Russia for , whilst in the east of border lies between Uvs and Zavkhan province. In the south and west it borders for each of Khovd and Bayan Ölgii provinces for. The province occupies 4.45 percent of the national territory, totalling Of the total area of the province, sixty percent belongs to the mountainous climatic zone, and forty percent to the Gobi semi desert.

Mongols and their proto peoples have lived in the province since antiquity. Currently, 42.3% of population is Dörbet, 34.2% is Bayid and 13.6% is Khalkha. Also, there are many Tuvans, Khotons, and Kazakhs living in this province. At the end of 2014, 20,719 households were residing in this province. 7,476 lived in the provincial center Ulaangom, 4,105 lived in sum centers, and 9,138 lived in the countryside as herding families.

After the Mongolian Revolution of 1921, the government founded the Jewel Mountain Province (Чандмань уулын аймаг, ). This province included the whole western part of the country. In 1931 it was split into the Khovd and Dörvöd aimags—the latter which was renamed Uvs aimag in 1933.