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mongolia : vital stats
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geography |
: Land Mass : 1,565,000 sq.km. (608,945 sq.mi.) Grassland, forests in north, three major mountain ranges and the great Gobi Desert in the east and south. Subject to climatic extremes. : Population : (2000): 2,662,020 +1.66% AGR : Capital : Ulaanbaatar 774,000. |
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peoples |
: Literacy : 87% : Official Language : Halh Mongolian : Total Languages : 12 : Languages with Scriptures : 2 - Bible; 1 - New Testament; 7 - work in progress |
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economy |
Pastoral agricultural economy with 90% of exports being livestock and animal products but severely limited by Mongolia’s distance from the sea and poor roads and infrastructure.. Public Debt 64% of GNP go to Human Development Index. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
politics |
Unified as nation in 1203 which, under Genghis Khan, became the greatest land empire ever known stretching from China and Korea to Central Europe. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
religion |
The Constitution honors Buddhism, Shamanism and Islam as Mongolia’s main religions but grants certain religious freedoms to all people. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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