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Mongolia
[ mong-goh-lee-uh, mon- ]
noun
- a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
- Also Nei Monggol. Inner Mongolia.
- Outer Mongolia, former name of Mongolian People's Republic.
Mongolia
/ ɒŋˈɡəʊɪə /
noun
- a republic in E central Asia: made a Chinese province in 1691; became autonomous in 1911 and a republic in 1924; multiparty democracy introduced in 1990. It consists chiefly of a high plateau, with the Gobi Desert in the south, a large lake district in the northwest, and the Altai and Khangai Mountains in the west Official language: Khalkha. Religion: nonreligious majority. Currency: tugrik. Capital: Ulan Bator. Pop: 3 226 516 (2013 est). Area: 1 565 000 sq km (604 095 sq miles) Former namesuntil 1924Outer Mongolia1924–92Mongolian People's Republic
- a vast region of central Asia, inhabited chiefly by Mongols: now divided into the republic of Mongolia, Inner Mongolia (the Mongol Autonomous Region of China), and the Tuva Republic of S Russia; at its height during the 13th century under Genghis Khan
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Notes
It is unofficially called Outer Mongolia.
Mongolia proclaimed itself independent from China in 1911. With Soviet support, a communist regime was established in 1921. In 1990, the Communist party gave up its monopoly on power.
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It catapults the US way above the G7 and G20 nations into levels of customs revenue, associated with Senegal, Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan.
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A rare new species of two-clawed dinosaur has been discovered by scientists in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
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China is the world's largest importer of coal, but it gets most of it from Indonesia, although Russia, Australia and Mongolia are also among its suppliers.
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Mongolia and Argentina, for example, scored higher than the United States.
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He also shared a photo of a red Russian military card that gives the place of birth as Turan, in the Tuva Republic, which is close to Mongolia.
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