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OFFICIAL NAME
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Mongolia |
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GEOGRAPHY
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Vast semi-desert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central; landlocked between C hina and Russia | |
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AREA
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1,566,500 sq km / 604,633 sq miles | |
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COMPARATIVE
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Slightly smaller than Alaska | |
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POPULATION
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2,694,432 | |
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CAPITAL
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Ulaanbaatar | |
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LITERACY
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98% (age 15+ and can read and write) | |
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LANGUAGE
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Official: Mongolian |
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RELIGION
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Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism - 96% |
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POLITICS
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Won independence from C hina in 1921; parliamentary government with President elected for 4 years. | |
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INCOME
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Per capita income = US$ 590 per year | |
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CURRENCY
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Tugrik (Tug) | |
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TIME ZONES
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GMT/UTC +8 and GMT/UTC +7 | |
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SOURCES
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Statistics provided by a variety of sources, but mostly the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Statistics Division, and BBC News. |
Country Profile
Portal
News: Mongolia-Specific
News: Asia General
- Channel News Asia (all Asia)
- World News Asia (all Asia)
Travel
- Mongolia Tourism (government site)
- Lonely Planet/Mongolia
- U.S. State Department Travel/Mongolia consular page
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