MONGOLIA

Tavn Bogd Mountain – Nasa kahangganan ng Russia at

China sa kanlurang bahagi ng Mongolia, tampok sa Altai
Tavn Bogd National Park and limang pinaka matataas na
tugatog ng bundok ng bansa.

Ulaanbataar – Napapalibutan ng matataas na gusali at malinis na lugar, sari

Kabisera: Ulaanbataar
Kabuaang Laki: 1,566,000 km2
Lokasyon: Asia
saring pagkain at masasayang kalye, and Ulaanbataar ang siyang
nagpapasabik sa mga turista!
Turtle Rock, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park – Matatagpuan sa
hilagang-silangan ng Ulanbataar, isang kagila-gilalas na tanawin
at maraming natural na atraksyon ang umaakit sa libo libong
turista mula sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng mundo upang mapuntahan
ang lugar na ito malimit na gamit ang horseback o camels.

Populasyon: 3,256,176

Uri ng Pamahalaan: Unitary Semi-

Presidential Republic

Relihiyon:
Lake Khovsgol – Ang pangalawa sa pinaka malaking anyong
 Buddhism tubig sa Mongolia ay matatagpuan sa paa ng bundok
Sayan.
 Non-religious Amarbayasgalant Monastery

 Islam Ang monasteryong ito ay may 28 templo at hindi kapanipaniwalang

magagandang disenyo na nakapalibot rito. Ito ay malapit nang maging
 Shamanism UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ito ay matatagpuan sa Ivon Gol River
Valley, a verdant, isang magandang tanawin. Bagay ito sa mga
 Christianity turistang mahilig sa sining at arkitektura.

Currency: Tögrög

Klima: Winter, Summer, Rainy
Orkhon Falls o ”Orkhonii Khürkhree”, - mga putting
alon na umaagos sa blackstone at nagpapalit ng kulay
bahaghari kapag natapatan ng sinag ng araw. Ito 16-
metres (52,5 feet) high, 5-metres (16 feet) na
napakalaking talon!
Natural Resources: 1. The great Genghis
Khan is Mongolia’s
Metal – Oyu Tolgoi gold mine in South Gobi
province is jointly owned by Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. founding father.
of Canada, the Government of Mongolia, and
Rio Tinto plc of UK. Ivanhoe released a
development plan in May 2010 to increase
annual production capacity to 544,000 t of
2. Mongolia is big! MONGOLIA
copper and 650,000 troy ounces of gold for the
But maybe not as big
first 10 years of operation. This mine is as you might think
believed to be the world's third-largest copper
and gold mine, and has become a hub for
massive mining operations generating You could fit the
hundreds of jobs. The Oyu Tolgoi mine
accounted for more than 30% of Mongolia's Netherlands into
total GDP in 2011.
Mongolia thirty-seven
Industrial Minerals and Gemstones - Mongolia was
considered the world’s third ranked producer of
times. It’s the world’s
fluorspar as of 2010. There are more than 600 proven 18th-largest country (Iran is 17th)
deposits of fluorite in the country. The Mineral
Resources Authority of Mongolia has released
information regarding four known rare-earth mineral 3. Mongolians are always ready for a guest
deposits in the country.

Fossil Fuels - In 2010, the production of coal in

Mongolia doubled to about 25 million Mt compared to
the previous year. Coal exports are expected to
increase to 50 million Mt/yr by the year 2015 as the
country has an estimated coal resource of 62.3 billion
Mt (Gt), and its unexplored reserves at the Tavan
Tolgoi coal deposit is expected to be 6.5 Gt of coking
coal. The Tavan Tolgoi mine is considered as the
largest coking coal deposit in the world. Experts state In a country of vast distances, communication can
that this discovery is likely to triple Mongolia’s
economic growth by 2020. be difficult but it is important to maintain a sense
Vegetation of community. People living in the Mongolian
countryside will always have a bowl of warm, salty
There are four basic vegetation zones in milk tea ready for visitors.
Mongolia. These run in latitude from north
to south and in elevation from the References:
mountains to the basins and plains: forest-
steppe, steppe, semidesert, and desert. In https://www.intrepidtravel.com/adventures/mongolia-
facts/
addition, the higher mountains have bands
of coniferous forest (taiga) and, higher yet, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolia
an alpine zone. The steppes (grasslands)
Did You Know?
predominate, covering more than three-
fourths of the national territory.
Submitted by : Jherwayne David M. Cabuhal

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