Local Authorities Granted Land Allocation Powers
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, February 11, 2026 /MONTSAME/. At its regular session on February 11, 2026, the Government approved the “List of Land Locations, Sizes, and Designated Uses to Be Allocated and Utilized Nationwide in 2026.”
In line with the approved list, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Batbaatar Bat and governors of aimags, soums, the capital city, and districts were instructed to promptly develop and implement the respective annual land management plans. They were also directed to incorporate, as appropriate, requests from citizens, businesses, and organizations for land possession and use—whether for family needs or other purposes specified by law—into the annual land management plans and to resolve such requests without delay.
Prime Minister Zandanshatar Gombojav emphasized that the decision is aimed at creating conditions to ensure that land possession and use requests submitted by citizens and legal entities are resolved swiftly at the local level.
The
Agency for Land Administration, Geodesy and Cartography conducted a
comprehensive analysis through the unified digital land management system,
integrating all levels of land management plans, urban master plans, land
classification data, as well as legally established restricted, protected, and
limited-use zones. Based on this assessment, 102.079 million hectares of land
were identified nationwide as available for allocation and use, with specified
locations, sizes, and designated purposes.
With the
adoption of the resolution, land-related issues concerning more than 35,000
citizens, businesses, and organizations in the capital and across the 21 aimags
can now be addressed. Going forward, the capital city, soums, and districts
will be able to update their land management plans within the framework of the
approved locations, sizes, and purposes, enabling land allocation and use
decisions to be made locally in a timely and streamlined manner.
