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Capital:
Ulan Bator
Area:
1,565,000 sq km/604,480 sq ml
Language:
Khalkha, Chinese, Russian
Currency:
Tugrik
Population:
2,712,315
Life expectancy:
62 (men), 65 (women)
Literacy rate:
90%
Religions:
Officially none - Tibetan Buddist Lamaism was suppressed in the 1930s
Physical features:
High plateau with desert and steppe (grasslands), contains both the world's southern most permafrost and northernmost desert
Ethnic distribution:
90% Mongol, 4% Kazakh, 2% Chinese, 2% Russian
Exports:
Meat and hides, minerals, wool, livestock, grain, cement, timber
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