Mongolia
| Mongolia Монгол улс
Mongol uls  Mongγol ulus |
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| Anthem: "Монгол улсын төрийн дуулал" National anthem of Mongolia |
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| Capital and largest city |
Ulan Bator 47°55′N 106°53′E / 47.917°N 106.883°E |
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| Official languages | Mongolian | |||||
| Official script(s) | Mongolian Cyrillic Mongolian script[1] |
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| Ethnic groups (2010) | 95.35% Mongol, 3.86% Kazakh 0.8% others[2] |
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| Demonym | Mongol, Mongolian[3] | |||||
| Government | Parliamentary republic | |||||
| - | President | Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Chimed Saikhanbileg | ||||
| Legislature | State Great Khural | |||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | Formation of the Xiongnu confederation | 209 BC | ||||
| - | Formation of the Mongol Empire | 1206 | ||||
| - | Independence declared (from Qing Dynasty) | December 29, 1911 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 1,564,115.75 km2 (19th) 603,909 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 0.43 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2010 census | 2,754,685[4] | ||||
| - | Density | 1.76/km2 (236th) 5.03/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $12.237 billion[5] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $4,384[5] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $8.859 billion[5] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $3,174[5] | ||||
| Gini (2005) | 33.0[6] medium |
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| HDI (2011) |  0.653[7]medium · 100th |
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| Currency | Tögrög (MNT) | |||||
| Time zone | (UTC+7 to +8[8][9][10]) | |||||
| Date format | yyyy.mm.dd (CE) | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Calling code | 976 | |||||
| Internet TLD | .mn | |||||
Mongolia is a country between China and Russia, in Asia.
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and the People's Republic of China to the south, east and west. Mongolia's political system is a parliamentary republic.
Until recently, most of the people there were Buddhists. Many of them are nomads (people who always move and do not stay in one home), but this is changing. The largest city, and capital city is Ulaanbaatar. It is where about 38% of the population live. This has been spelled Ulan Bator/ Ulaan Battor and other ways in the past. The north and east parts of the country have many mountains. Part of the south part is the Gobi Desert. There are 2,791,272 people living in Mongolia. The country is the 18th biggest country in the world, with an area of 1,564,116 square kilometres. The crime rate is very low. Their language is Mongolian, but some know English, Chinese and Russian.
Mongolia has the lowest population density of all independent countries in the world.[11][12][13][note 1]
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History[change | change source]
The area which is Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires. This was until the great 'Mongol Empire' was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206. After the Yuan Dynasty collapsed, the Mongols became nomads again. After the 16th century, Mongolia were influenced by Tibetan Buddhism. By the end of the 17th century, most of Mongolia was part of an area ruled by the Qing Dynasty. When the Qing Dynasty collapsed in 1911, Mongolia declared independence. But they had to fight against the Chinese. They were helped by the Soviet Union. In 1921, the world accepted its independence. Shortly after the death of Bogd Khaan, the last monarch of Mongolia the monarchy was replaced by a communist government in 1924, and the country was renamed the Mongolian People's Republic. Up until the fall of the Soviet Union, Mongolia was a satellite state for the Soviets. Mongolia is still mainly rural. The Mongolian Red Cross Society was set up in 1939. It has its headquarters in Ulan Bator. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia's interest in Mongolia has declined. China and South Korea are currently Mongolia's main trade and political partners.
Government[change | change source]
Mongolia is a parliamentary republic. People vote for their government. The President of Mongolia is elected to a four-year term, and cannot stand in a Presidential Election more than twice. The current President is Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj. He is a two-time former prime minister and he was first elected as President on May 24, 2009. Elbegdorj was re-elected on 26 June 2013 for his second term as President.
Climate[change | change source]
Mongolia has a steppe climate. It has very cold winters and mild summers. Recently, winters have become very cold. This has killed many people and cattle. On June 2nd, 2008, 52 people and 200,000 head of cattle died in heavy blizzards in Mongolia.[14]
On March 1st to 2nd, a heavy dust storm hit northeast China and parts of Mongolia. and ended over North Korea and South Korea on the 4th [15]
21 people died in a rural Mongolian blizzard on May 8th 2008.[16] parts of the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia were also affected on the 8th of May 2008.
On June 2 2009, it was said that 15 people and 10,000 head of cattle had died by this date in Mongolia.
April 1st and 2nd, 2010 had temperatures plummet to -50 degrees in Mongolia’s Tuul valley, A nomad named Urna said she bought 400 bundles of grass to feed the animals in preparation for more bad weather. The Mongolian Red Cross have said that about 4,500,000 livestock died as a result of the bad weather this year.[17][18] Tume, who lives in Ulan Bator, said that he had noticed that there were several really harsh winters in a row too. He blamed climate change, but experts said that overgrazing by cattle had also killed of most of the country’s grassland.[18]
Mongolia known as the "Land of the Eternal Blue Sky" or "Country of Blue Sky" (Mongolian: Mönkh khökh tengeriin oron - Мөнх хөх тэнгэрийн орон) because it has over 250 sunny days a year.[19][20][21][22]
Geography[change | change source]
Mongolia is the world's 19th-largest country (after Iran). It is significantly larger than the next-largest country, Peru. Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan but its westernmost point is only 38 kilometers (24 mi) away from Kazakhstan.
The geography of Mongolia is varied, with the Gobi Desert to the south and with cold and mountainous regions to the north and west. Most of Mongolia consists of steppes, with forested areas comprising 11.2% of the total land area.[23] The highest point in Mongolia is the Khüiten Peak in the Tavan bogd massif. It's height is 4,374 m (14,350 ft).
Provinces[change | change source]
Mongolia is divided into 21 provinces called 'aimags'. The provinces are divided into 329 districts called 'sums'.[24]
Languages[change | change source]
The official language of Mongolia is Mongolian, and is spoken by 95% of the population. A variety of dialects of Oirat and Buryatare spoken across the country. Turkic languages, such as Kazakh and Tuvan, are also spoken in the west of the country.
Today, Mongolian is written using the Cyrillic alphabet, although in the past it was written using the Mongolian script. The traditional alphabet is being slowly reintroduced through schools recently.[25]
Russian is the most frequently spoken foreign language in Mongolia due to their diplomatic ties as former communist states. However English has been gradually replacing Russian as the second language in order to become part of the world economy. Korean has gained popularity as tens of thousands of Mongolians work and study in South Korea. Interest in Chinese has been growing because of the neighboring power.
Swine flu[change | change source]
Mongolia is currently free of bird and swine flu, but 103 air travelers who were suspected victims, and the plane crew of 6, were quarantined for 7 days in Ulaan Bator(Ulaanbaatar) in May 2009.
It may have come over the border from the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia.
National Holidays[change | change source]
| Date | Holiday |
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| 1st January | New year |
| January Or February | Old new year (Tsagaan sar) |
| 8th March | International Woman's Day |
| 1st June | Children's day |
| 11-12th July | Naadam Holiday |
| 26th November | Independence day |
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Sources[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Official Documents to be in Mongolian Script" (in Chinese). UB Post. 2011-06-21. http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6478&Itemid=36. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
- ↑ Mongolia National Census 2010 Provision Results. National Statistical Office of Mongolia (in Mongolian.)
- ↑ "Mongolian" is included minorities like Kazakhs or Tuvans.
- ↑ Date: (2011-06-13). "Momgolia National Census 2010 Preliminary Results". National Statistical Office of Mongolia. http://www.toollogo2010.mn/doc/NSO_F-06-10-1.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Mongolia". International Monetary Fund. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=68&pr.y=1&sy=2008&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=948&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI/. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2011". United Nations. 2011. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Tables.pdf. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ↑ "Mongolia Standard Time is GMT (UTC) +8, some areas of Mongolia use GMT (UTC) + 7". Time Temperature.com. http://www.timetemperature.com/asia/mongolia_time_zone.shtml. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
- ↑ "The Mongolian government has chosen not to move to Summer Time". World Time Zone.com. http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_mongolia01.html. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
- ↑ "Mongolian Time Zones". http://www.statoids.com/tmn.html. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
- ↑ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division. "World Population Prospects, Table A.1" (.PDF). 2008 revision. United Nations. Retrieved on 12 March 2009.
- ↑ "Population density (people per sq. km of land area)". The World Bank. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST?order=wbapi_data_value_2010+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=asc. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ↑ "Population of all countries from largest to smallest". World Atlas. http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/populations/ctypopls.htm. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ↑ http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/351407/1/.html
- ↑ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=8477
- ↑ http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/enviornment/snowstorm-kills-21-in-mongolia_10053779.html
- ↑ http://search.9news.com/sp?aff=1100&keywords=mongolian+storm
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5427974,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
- ↑ http://www.e-mongol.com/mongolia_climate.htm
- ↑ http://www.skyscanner.net/news/country-nicknames-top-40-best-nation-aliases
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20140113-nomadic-trails-in-the-land-of-the-blue-sky
- ↑ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0719_040719_weepingcamel_2.html
- ↑ http://www.fao.org/docrep/w8302e/w8302e05.htm
- ↑ Montsame News Agency. Mongolia. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, ISBN 99929-0-627-8, p. 46
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2006/oct/27/mongolia.essentialinfo
General sources[change | change source]
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ The United Nations source does not order the countries according to their population densities, but mentions the population count and the area of the countries. In the World Atlas reference, sorting the countries by Population Density (Sq. Km.) shows that Mongolia is the least densely populated. The World Bank source might appear to contradict this fact, but Greenland is not an independent country; therefore, it is not considered in this case.
Other websites[change | change source]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mongolia |
- Mongolia's UK embassy- [1].
- Mongolia’s American/USA embassy- [2].
- MIAT (Mongolian airways)- [3]. Safety concerns exist about some of the older and less reliable aircraft in its domestic fleet.
- CIA World Factbook information about Mongolia
- Mongolian Open Government (by Mongolia's Prime Minister) (in Mongolian and English) (uses, but does not need Macromedia Flash)
- Mongolian Red Cross Society- Mongolian Red Cross Society Profile
- Mongolian Red Cross Society- Official Red Cross Web Site
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