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About
Mongolia: |
 | Location: Asia
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Ulan Bator (Ulaanbaatar)
Main Cities: none
Population: 2,434,000
Area: 1,566,500 km2
Currency: 1 tugrug (tugrik)= 100 möngös
Languages: Khalkha Mongolian, Kazakh, Russian
Religions: Buddhist, Muslim, Shamanist, Russian Orthodox |
| More about
Mongolia: a republic in E central Asia: made a Chinese province in 1691; became autonomous in 1911 and a republic in 1924; multiparty democracy introduced in 1990. It consists chiefly of a high plateau, with the Gobi Desert in the south, a large lake district in the northwest, and the Altai and Khangai Mountains in the west. Official language: Khalkha. Religion: nonreligious majority. Currency: tugrik. Capital: Ulan Bator. Pop.: 2 630 000 (2004 est.). Area: 1 565 000 sq. km (604 095 sq. miles) Former names: Outer Mongolia (until 1924), Mongolian People's Republic (1924-92) |
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