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Mongolia

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Mongolia

Flag of Mongolia

Official languages
Capital

Ulan Bator
Area
Government
1,564,115.75 km2
Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
Population
Religion
2,921,287
-
Time zone
Currency
(UTC+7 to +8)
Tögrög
Demonym Mongolian
Preceded by
Succeeded by

Location of Mongolia in Asia

Mongolia is a country in eastern Asia.

The Gobi Desert occupies the south part of the country.

History[edit | edit source]

In the Middle Ages, Mongolia was the centre of the Mongolian empire.

Afterwards Mongolia became a Chinese province. It achieved independence in 1911.

In 1924, Mongolia became a communist state after the Soviet Union model.

In 1992, democracy was introduced by a new constitution.

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