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General
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Mongolia is home to a homogenous people, with the Halh (Khalkha)
Mongols being in the majority (85%), Turkish mongols, with
the Kazakh as the largest group (7%), Tungusic (4.6%) and
other minorities, including Chinese and Russian,
accounting for 3.4%. (1998) |
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Eighty-five
percent of Mongolians consider buddhism to be their religion,
whereas 4.1% of the population is muslim and 5% are Christian. |
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In
January 2003, there were over 2,475,400 inhabitants of
Mongolia, with 65% of them living in urban
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Capital
: Ulaanbaatar
Population : 2,475,400
(January 2003)
Area : 1.5 million sq km
Currency :
Tughrik
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$1 (US) = 1,096.8 Tg
GDP :
$
1.2 billion
Per Capita : $470
Government Type : Parliamentary Republic
Official Languages :
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