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Capital | Ulaanbaatar |
Government | Parliamentary democracy |
Coin | Togrog/Tugrik (MNT) |
Surface | total: 1,565 million km2 water: 9,600 km2 country: 1,555,400 km2 |
Population | 2,791,272 (July 2006 est.) |
Language | Khalkha-Mongolian 90%, other Turkic languages, Russian |
Religion | Tibetan Buddhist (Vajrayana) 96%, Muslim (mainly in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4% (1998) |
Call code | 976 |
Internet TLD | .mn |
Mongolia is a country in East Asia.
Regions
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Regions of Mongolia
- Central Mongolia - inclusive Ulaanbaatar and the popular tourist region Arkhangai
- Northern Mongolia
- Eastern Mongolia
- Western Mongolia
- gobi - Mainly desert in southern Mongolia
Towns
- Ulaanbaatar - the capital of Mongolia
- Erdennet - second city in Mongolia
- Hovd - a historic city
- lgii - a town in western Mongolia - capital of Bayan-Ölgii.
- Tsetserleg - the capital of Arkhangai province.
- Ulaangum - the capital of UVS province
- Uliastai
- cockerel
Other destinations
Info
History
climate
Geography
Southern Mongolia is dominated by the Gobi Desert.
Population
The majority of the population still lives as nomads. They live in traditional felt tents, the so-called geren.
Art & culture
Holidays
Arrive
Passport & visa info
Visas are required and issued by the embassy in Brussels. There are commercial services that can help you with this, such as VisaPlus and Visa Service.
By plane
By train
You can take the Trans-Siberian train from Moscow to Ulanbataar or the Trans-Siberian train from Beijing to Ulanbataar.
By car
By bus
By boat
Travel around
By plane
By train
By car
By bus
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Language
money matters
Cost
To buy
Food
History
Going out
stay overnight
To learn
To work
Safety
Health
respect
Contact
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