Explore Mongolia in Asia - Mongolia Tourism Info
Description and Basic Information
Mongolia with its capital Ulan Bator is located in Asia (Northern Asia, between China and Russia). It covers some 1,565,001 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Alaska) with 2,996,000 citizens. Mongolian and Russian are the some of the languages spoken by the majority in Mongolia. It is charing borders with China and Russia.
Pictures from Ulan Bator (Capital) 
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Hotel
© Marek Nahlik
UB_26
© Gnagflow Itaprak
Buyant Ukhaa Amralt
© lovervaagii
Tsetsee gun
© ZoLo
Chengis Khan Ger Camp 2
© polskifone
About Mongolia
The terrain offers vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest having Gobi Desert in south-central. The average density of population is about 1 per km². The climate in can be described as desert with continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges). Possible natural disasters include dust storms or grassland and forest fires, drought, ", zud," or which being harsh winter conditions.
To reach someone in Mongolia dial +976 prior to a number. There are 188,900 installed telephones. And there are 2,249,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".mn". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.
The country consists of 22 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of Mongolia
Tourism Information
Official Tourism Office
State Administrative Building 14
Sambuu street-11
Ulaanbaatar-38 210628
Mongolia
Phone: +976 11 311102
Fax: +976 11 318492
Unesco World Heritage Properties
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
The 121,967-ha Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape encompasses an extensive area of pastureland on both banks of the Orkhon River and includes numerous archaeological remains dating back to the 6th...
Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai
The numerous rock carvings and funerary monuments found in these three sites illustrate the development of culture in Mongolia over a period of 12,000 years. The earliest images reflect a time...
Demographic Information
Age Distribution in Mongolia
Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Mongolia has declined over the last 10 years by 1.1 births per thousand from 21.9 in 2001 to 21 in 2010. Currently, 64,918 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Mongolia has declined over the last 10 years by 0.6 deaths per thousand from 6.7 in 2001 to 6.1 in 2010. Currently, 18,768 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Mongolia is growing at an rate of 1.5% (or by 46,149 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.5%. Or an total increase of 46,149 citizens.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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