Country Name:
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Mongolian People's Republic |
Area:
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1,566,000
sq km |
Population:
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2.5 million |
Capital City:
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Ulaan Baatar
(pop 550,000) |
People:
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88% Khalkh Mongols, 4% Kazaks,
2% Chinese, 2% Russians, and over a dozen other ethnic
groups. |
Languages:
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Mongolian,
Turkic, Russian and Chinese. |
Religion:
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95% Tibetan
Buddhist, 3% Muslim and 2% shamanist. |
Government:
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Parliamentary democracy |
Currency:
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Eight hours ahead of GMT/UTC
(seven hours in the western provinces) |
Time Zone:
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Nine hours ahead of GMT/UTC |
Country Code:
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976 |
Electricity:
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220V, 50AC; power surges and
blackouts are common; sockets take European-style two
pin, round plugs. |
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