Mongolia
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| Basic Facts |
| Country name |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Mongolia local long form: none local short form: Mongol Uls former: Outer Mongolia |
| Gevernment type | mixed parliamentary/presidential |
| Capital |
name: Ulaanbaatar
geographic coordinates: 47 55 N, 106 53 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Saturday in March; ends last Saturday in September |
| Flag description | three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), blue, and red; centered on the hoist-side red band in yellow is the national emblem ("soyombo" - a columnar arrangement of abstract and geometric representation for fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and the yin-yang symbol) |
| Currency | togrog/tugrik (MNT) |
| Internet country code | .mn |
| Ports and terminals | Kheyrabad, Shir Khan |
| Agriculture products | wheat, barley, vegetables, forage crops; sheep, goats, cattle, camels, horses |
| Industries | construction and construction materials; mining (coal, copper, molybdenum, fluorspar, tin, tungsten, and gold); oil; food and beverages; processing of animal products, cashmere and natural fiber manufacturing |
| Geography |
| Location | Northern Asia, between China and Russia |
| Coordinates | 46 00 N, 105 00 E |
| Continent | Asia |
| Area | total: 1,564,116 sq km |
| Boundaries |
total: 8,220 km
border countries: China 4,677 km, Russia 3,543 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Climate | desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges) |
| Terrain | vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central |
| Natural resources | oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron |
| Natural hazards | dust storms, grassland and forest fires, drought, and "zud," which is harsh winter conditions |
| People |
| Population | 2,832,224 (July 2006 est.) |
| Ethnic groups | Mongol (mostly Khalkha) 94.9%, Turkic (mostly Kazakh) 5%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 0.1% (2000) |
| Religions | Buddhist Lamaist 50%, none 40%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4% (2004) |
| Languages | Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999) |
