Darkhan-Uul Province: History
The city Darkhan was founded on 17 October 1961 within Selenge Province as a second industrial center to reduce migration pressure on the capital, Ulaanbaatar.
The Darkhan City was carved out of the Selenge Province in 1994 and was upgraded to Darkhan-Uul Province according to the Law on the Administrative Units of Mongolia and their Governance, which was passed through Parliament Resolution 32 of 1994.