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Mongolian Telecommunication

Mongolian Telecommunication

Mongolian modern telecommunication history started in 1898 when the first telephone communication line was laid to connect Khyahta with Da Khuree (present Ulanbator) and made the first international call in 1930. Nowadays Mongolia uses satellite service for overseas calls.

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Population of Mongolia

Population of Mongolia

Mongolian populationMongols are one of the great races of mankind, including the greater part of the inhabitants of China, Japan, Kazakh and the interior of Asia, with branches in Northern Europe and other parts of the world. Mongolians have developed into who they are from their intimate relationship with the vast lands of Mongolia. Nowadays, more than 10 million live in countries around the world, some of them habitats western bank of Caspian sea, central Afghanistan, Tibet and Chinese Yunnan. Now, 2.5 million Mongols live in Mongolia.
Mongolians can be subdivided into more than 20 different ethnic groups, which are scattered across the country, these groups can be distinguished by their individual customs, histories and dialects. The population is homogeneous, with Mongol-speaking people consisting 95% of the total. Readmore…

Mongolian Horses

Mongolian Horses

Mongolian horseThere is some scientific supposition that horses originated in Mongolia. The ancestor of hoofed animals — toe-nailed animals (condylarter) was found in 1924 in Mongolia by Andrew’s expedition. Later, international expeditions have found proof of these suppositions in Mongolian territory and have made a comparative research.  Mongolia is often described as the “land of the horse”. Children learn to ride as young as four or five years old and about half the country’s 2.5 million people who are semi-nomadic breed horses. But the animals are domestic.

The Mongolian wild horse is known in the West as the Prezewalski horse after the Russian naturalist, Nicole Prezewalski, who first sighted several herds in 1879. In Mongolia it is called takhi. The horse resembles animals in cave drawings and paintings by Stone Age people in Mongolia and other countries. The paintings suggest that in prehistoric times the horse ranged over large parts of Asia. So, it is thought that Mongolian horses descended from the Mongolian wild horses (takhi).

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Mongol Daguur

Mongol Daguur

The Mongolian Dagurian Strictly Protected Area is divided into two parts. The larger northern part (Chuluunkhoroot soum territory of Dornod aimag), contiguous to Russia’s Daurski Reserve, takes the rolling steppe and wet lands on the south shore of white-tinted Tari lake. The southern part of the protected area (Chuluunkhoroot, Gurvanzagal, and Dashbalbar soums) encompasses a narrow strip of the clear Ulz River and its pristine wetlands, which was classified as a protected area because of the high density of nesting white-napped cranes. The protected area was established in 1992 by PMH Resolution No. 11 with the purpose of preserving a representative portion of Dagurian steppe with its characteristic flora, fauna and landscape, and creating an endangered species reserve for some of the world’s rarest birds. Readmore…

Gobi Desert of Mongolia

Gobi Desert of Mongolia

One of the world’s great deserts, much of the Gobi is a daunting place of bare rocky mountains, sand dunes, and huge desert flats, relieved by well-watered oases. The climate is harsh, from 40C in summer to -40C in winter, and ravaged by savage winds and dust storms up to 140 kilometers per hour. Gobi is home to desert animals, such as Wild Camel, Gobi Bear and 11 species of nocturnal Jerboa. Oases and sheltered areas support mammals typical of the Desert-Steppe Zone. Rocky Desert Mountains are home to Ibex and Gobi Argali. The harshness favors lizards such as Geckos and snakes such as Tartar Sand Boa. Vegetation is sparse, with Poplar trees fringing oases, and 4.5 million hectares of “Saxaul Forests”. Saxauls a woody shrub (Haloxylon ammodendron), 2 to 4 meters high, crucial to the desert ecology. Readmore…

Post and Communication service in Mongolia

Post and Communication service in Mongolia

The History of Mongolian communication is started 13th century. In 1234, the Mongol Empire of Chinggis Khaan set up the world’s first long-distance postal transmission system, known as “Morin urtuu” (Horse relay station). Morin urtuu continued until 1900’s. Mongolia joined the World Post Organization in 1963. The Postal Law of Mongolia was approved by the Parliament of Mongolia in May, 2003.

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Territory of Mongolia

Territory of Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in northern continental Asia bordering with the Russian Federation on the north and the People’s Republic of China on the east. It has a land area of 1.6 million square kilometers, making it the fifth largest country in Asia and the seventeenth in the world.

Geographic Situation of Mongolia, covering an area of 1,564,100 square kilometers, lies in the heart of the continent Asia. It stretches about 2,400 km from west to east and about 1,260 km from north to south and bounded on the north by Russia and on the southeast and west by China. Mongolia is mountainous country with an average altitude of 1,580 meters above the sea level. The lowest point Khokh-nuur in the east is 552 meters above sea level and the highest point is the mountain Nairamdal in the Mongolian Altai (in the west) which stands at 4,374 meters. The geography of the country is characterized by great diversity.

From north to south it can be divided into 4 areas, mountain-forest steppe, mountain steppe, semi-desert and the desert. In the west- north the mountain ranges and ridges are overgrown with wild forests, big lakes and tempestuous rivers. The vast grasslands of the Asian steppe stretch across the eastern part of the country. The Gobi Desert lies in the south occupying somewhat less than one-third of the Gobi Region, the rest being semi-desert grassland. Readmore…

Weather of Mongolia

Weather of Mongolia

For two or three months in summer, the weather is warm and pleasant and relatively hot in the southern Gobi region, where mid summer temperatures peak at around 40 degrees and there is little shade available.

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Soyombo in Mongolian flag

Soyombo in Mongolian flag
Since ancient times, the Soyombo ideogram has been the national emblem of freedom and independence of the Mongolians. At the top of the ideogram is a flame, which symbol­izes blossoming, revival, improvement and continuation of the family. The three prongs of the flame signify the prosperity of the people in the past, the present and the future. Below the sign of the flame there are the sun and the cres­cent, traditionally symbolizing the origin of the Mongolian people.
The combination of the flame, the sun and the cres­cent expresses the wish “May the Mongolian people live and prosper”.

The triangles at the top and bottom of the Soyombo are a general expression of the people’s willingness to defend the freedom and independence of the country, while the rectangles are the symbols of honesty, justice and nobility.

The fish, in Mongolian folklore, is a creature that never closes its eyes, i.e. remains vigilant. The two fish in the emblem symbolize the unity of the people: men and women. The cumulative meaning is: May the whole people be united, wise and vigilant. The two vertical rectangles on the sides of the emblem signify fortress walls and are a graphic representation of the ancient Mongolian saying: “Two men in friendship are stronger than walls of stone”. Readmore…

Administration of Ulaanbaatar

Administration of Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbaatar (spelled Ulan bator) is divided into 8 districts. It is governed by a City council (Citizens’ Representative Hural) with 40 members, elected every 4 years. The city council appoints the Mayor. Currently the Citizens’ Representative Khural has 40 members, 9 members of the Presidium, a full time Chairman, and a secretary.

The main objectives of activities of the Capital City Citizens’ Representative Khural are to determine short-term goals of the capital city’s social, economic and urban development, build upon creative initiatives and active participation of citizens and groups in implementation of the goals, ensure favorable conditions and opportunities for human development, develop local self-governance in the capital city, improve governance structure of the capital city and create a legal environment for autonomous and independent work.

Activities of the Capital City Citizens’ Representative Khural and its Presidium for the term of 2004-2008 will be focused on people-centered and socially oriented development and will cover the following issues:

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    Flight
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    UB-TOKYO 3 months
    440$
    680$
    UB-BEIJING 1 month
    174$
    280$
    UB-SEOUL  3 months
    350$
    460$
    UB-MOSCOW 1 month
    315$
    504$
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