Mongolia in Perspective

Page | 41 In recent years Mongolia has been producing a small but steadily increasing amount of crude oil, all of which is expor ...

Page | 42 Mineral Resources Mongolia is richly endowed with mineral resources. Even though many of its mineral deposits have yet ...

Page | 43 Trade Mongolia’s land-locked position between two of the world’s largest countries limits its trading options. Until t ...

Page | 44 Tourism Mongolia attracted an average of 420,000 tourists annually between 2005 and 2010.235,^236 Most of these visito ...

Page | 45 Banking and Currency Mongolia’s official unit of currency is the tögrög (currency code MNT). During 2010, the tögrög ( ...

Page | 46 Investment Mongolia’s policies generally favor foreign investment, although some laws passed in 2009 by the Mongolian ...

Page | 47 Transportation Mongolia has many thousands of miles of road, but only 3.5% are paved.^250 The road density, measured a ...

Page | 48 Standard of Living Results of an October 2009 poll of Mongolians from various parts of the country revealed that more ...

Page | 49 Chapter 3: Assessment Mongolia has been slow to privatize its banking system, with most banks still under state contr ...

Page | 50 Chapter 4: Society Introduction While ancient tales of fierce, 15th-century warriors may still worry some, visitors to ...

Page | 51 Ethnic and Linguistic Groups Mongolia is a very ethnically homogeneous country, with the large majority of the populat ...

Page | 52 in Mongolia in the 1920s were Buddhist monks, living both within and outside the monasteries. However, during the late ...

Page | 53 Another religious minority in Mongolia is the growing Christian population, now estimated at more than 4% of the natio ...

Page | 54 Traditional Clothing In Ulaanbaatar and other Mongolian urban areas, European-style clothes are now commonly worn, but ...

Page | 55 Arts Painting and Sculpture Traditional Mongolian art is heavily imbued with religious imagery and reminiscent of styl ...

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Page | 57 to let smoke escape from indoor heaters during the winter. The floor, either wood or dirt, is also covered with felt.^ ...

Page | 58 sheep’s horn, and sinew.^315 As with wrestling and horse racing, archery contests contain equal parts ceremony and com ...

Page | Chapter 4: Assessment Despite the country’s name, the modern-day population of Mongolia is evenly split between ethnic M ...

Page | 60 Chapter 5: Security Introduction In the period of Mongolian history between its declaration of independence in 1921 an ...