| Local name: Bugd Najramdah Mongol Ard
Uls |
| Surface : 1,564,116
sq km (603,909 sq miles) |
| Population : 2,407,500
inhabitants |
| Electricity: 220
volts AC, 50Hz |
| Climate: There is continental climate and
temperatures in a single day can vary as much as an expected with
strong wind. Mongolia is remarkably sunny country enjoying 250 sunny
days; snow and rainfall are very low.
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| Passports and Visas are required by all. A
visa is issued upon invitation by a Mongolian Citizen, or a Mongolian
Registered Company. A visitor to Mongolia must supply the company with
all his personal details. The permission to issue a visa is sent to
the client's nearest Mongolian Embassy or Consulate. The client must
then present himself at the embassy, with his passport and two
photographs and fill out an application form, submitted with the
appropriate fee. Group visas may also be arranged. Embassies may be
found in Beijing, Hong Kong, Bangkok ,London, Washington, Moscow,
Bonn, Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Tokyo, Delhi, Seoul, Hanoi. Singapore
Citizens need no visa for stays up to 14 days. No vaccination
certificates are required. |
| Capital : Ulaanbaatar.
Population: 812,500 |
| System : Parliamentary
type of Government, with President second in authority to state Great
Hural (Parliament). - 1921 final independence from China. 1990
Democratic reform and shift from dependence on the former Soviet
Union. |
| Languages : Mongolian Language is the First
Language. Over 90% Khalkha Mongol (‘Mongolian Language’). |
| Religions : 94% Tibetan Buddhist
Lamaism, also elements of Shamanism. 6% Muslim (mainly in the
south-west) |
| Money : Tugrug
(Tg). Notes are in denominations of Tg10,000, 5000, 1000, 500, 100,
50, 20, 10, 5, 3 and 1. Coins are in denominations of Tg200, 100, 50
and 20. |
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