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Mongolia Asia

MNGOfficially known as: Mongolia

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Northern Asia, between China and Russia.

The peoples of Mongolia have a long history under a number of nomadic empires dating back to the Xiongnu in the 4th century B.C., and the name Mongol ...

Latitude: 46
Longitude: 105

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Latitude: 39.04372
Longitude: -77.48749
Home country: United States

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Distance to Mongolia:
10,555.406 km

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.

Industries:

Construction and construction materials; mining (coal, copper, molybdenum, fluorspar, tin, tungsten, gold); oil; food and beverages; processing of animal products, cashmere and natural fiber manufacturing.

Population: 3,281,676

Sparsely distributed population throughout the country; the capital of Ulaanbaatar and the northern city of Darhan support the highest population densities.

Area: 1,564,110 km²

slightly smaller than Alaska; more than twice the size of Texas

Landlocked; strategic location between China and Russia.

Code	Language
mon	Mongolian

Mongolian 90% (official, Khalkha dialect is predominant), Turkic, Russian (1999)

Code	Currency	Symbol
MNT	Mongolian tögrög	₮

Capital City: Ulan Bator

Local time: Thursday, December 11 at 11:38 pm (GMT+08:00)

The flag of Mongolia is composed of three equal vertical bands of red, blue and red, with the national emblem — the Soyombo — in gold centered in the hoist-side red band.