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About Mongolia
Administration: Mongolia is parliament governing with the president democratic country. Administrative subdivisions 21 aimags (provinces), the capital city (Ulaanbaatar), the province are subdivided into soums.
Population: The population of Mongolia is at present 2.7 million. About 75 percent of the total population of Mongolia Khalkh Mongol the major ethnic group, the rest 15 percent other minority of ethnic groups such as Zakhchin, Durvud, Torguud, Kazakh etc…
Language: The official language is Mongolian which Altai language family.
Economy: Mongolian economy has traditionally been based on nomadic husbandry and agriculture. Mongolia has extensive mineral deposits. Copper, coal, molybdenum, tin, tungsten and gold account for a large part of industrial production.
Time zone: The time in Mongolia is GMT +7 hours
Mongolia has had a long and turbulent history. Towards the end of the 12th century the nomadic inhabitants of northern Asia became united under the leadership of the remarkable Mongol king, Genghis Khan. Two generations later, during the reign of Chinggis khan`s grandson Kublai Khan, the vast territory of Mongolia reached its greatest extent, stretching from the Black Sea to the Yellow Sea of Eastern China. After the Khan dynasty fizzled out at the end of the thirteenth century, the unity of Mongolia evaporated and the country experienced a period of several centuries which was dominated by inter-clan warfare. At the end of the eighteenth century, Mongolia came under the rule of Manchu China and then in the early twentieth century the country experienced a “Peoples Revolution” (1921) and became allied to the Soviet Union. Since 1991, with the break up of the Soviet Union, Mongolia has been an independent democracy and has become readily accessible to foreign travelers.
Much of the Mongolia’s steppe is quite rich grassland which supports several species of wildlife, including antelope, gazelle and wild ass. It is also home to the nomadic Mongolian pastoralists who tend often large numbers of sheep, goats, cattle, horses, yaks and camels, traveling widely across the plains and living in very portable homes known as “GERS.” Remarkably, out of a population of two and a half million people, fully fifty percent live in this traditional type of dwelling, which incorporates a framework of slender poles and a covering of tough felt.
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