Official Name: Mongolia Location: Northern Asia, between China and Russia. Capital: Ulaanbaatar Area: total: 1,565,000 sq km land: 1,555,400 sq km water: 9,600 sq km Lowest point: Hoh Nuur 518 m Highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m

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Population: 2,951,786 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Mongolian(s) Ethnic groups: Mongol (predominantly Khalkha) 85%, Turkic (of which Kazakh is the largest group) 7%, Tungusic 4.6%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 3.4%. Religions: Tibetan Buddhist Lamaism 96%, Muslim (primarily in the southwest), Shamanism, and Christian 4%. Languages: Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian.

Desert. Continental with large daily and seasonal temperature ranges.

Government type: Parliamentary. Independence: 11 July 1921 (from China). National holiday: Independence Day/Revolution Day, 11 July (1921).

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