Mongolia.

From: Country Reports | Date: December 22, 2002| Author: | Copyright information 
 
Mongolia 
 
Hannah R. Messerli, Indraa Bold 
 
 
Capital:                Ulaanbaatar 
 
Population:             2,530,000 (2000) 
 
Language:               Khalka Mongol 90%, Turkic and Russian 10%. 
 
Total area:             1,566,500 square kilometres 
 
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% 
 
Religion:               Tibetan Buddhism Lamaism 96% 
                        Muslim, ...

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