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…
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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:
{mosimage}Area: 76.100km2
Population: 87900
Density: 1.16
Province center: Hovd town (1487km from Ulaanbaatar city)
Population: 80600 (as of 2005)
Density: 1.16
Province center: Ulaangom town (1417km from Ulaanbaatar city)
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Population: 73400
Density: 0.59
Province center: Choibalsan town (661km from Ulaanbaatar city)
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Population: 83600
Density: 0.72
Province center: Byanhongor town (639km from Ulaanbaatar city)
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Population: 46100
Density: 0.28
Province center: Dalanzadgad town (575km from Ulaanbaatar city)
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{mosimage}Location: Located in the eastern part of Mongolia, in other words, Khentii country borders withThe Republic of Buriad, Russian Federation, in the north, Dornod province in the east, Sukhbaatar province in the southeast, Dornogobi province in the south, Gobi-Sumber province in the southwest, Tuv province in the west,
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