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Territory: 1.57million sq km
Population: 2.4million (1997)
Density: 1.5 persons/sq km
Climate: Continental
Terrain: Mountains (40% of the territory) and rolling plateaus with vast semi desert zone in the south (Gobi).
Average altitude: 1580 m above see level
Highest point: Huiten Mountain ( 4,374m) above see level
Lowest point: Khokh Nuur (560m) above see level
Time zone: + 7 hours to GMT.
Language: Mongolian, Kazakh
Ethnic Groups: Khalkh Mongol, Kazakh Mongol;
Religion: 94% Buddhism, Muslim
Capital City: Ulaanbaatar,
Region: 21 Province
Literacy: 80%
Government: Parliamentary
Independence: Declared Independence in 1921
Mongolian National Holidays:
January 1 New year
January 13 Constitutional Day
February 13,14 Mongolian New year/Tsagaan sar/
June 1 Mother and Children's day
July 11,12,13 National day (Naadam Festival)
November 26 Independence Day
Economy: Traditionally based on breeding livestock and agriculture, mining (copper, coal, gold, cashmere, leather products )
Currency: Tugrug
Exchange rate: US$1=Tg1230 (December 2005)
Electric current: 220 volts/50Hz.
Geography
Mongolia is completely landlocked country between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. Mongolia is also a mountainous country. Its topography consists of mountains, hummocks and high denudation plains, forming three major regional stages on its surface. Erosive mountain relief and depressions of tectonic origin formed during the late Cretaceous and Early Quaternary periods are numerous in the northern regions of the country. Erosion, tectonic, depression and hump of folded mountains, lifted during the Cretaceous period’s fourth stage, occur frequently. The surface of Mongolia comprises the biggest parts of the Mongol Altai Mountains, Great lakes Depression, mountains surrounding lake Khuvsgul, the Khangai mountain range, Orkhon-Selenge river basin, Khentii Mountain, Dornod Steppe and Great Khyangan mountain eastwards. |
