The main part of Mongolian livestock is the sheep flock. Sheep herding in Mongolia is one of the biggest in the world. By number of sheep per population Mongolia is the third after Australia and New Zealand. Mongolia has about 15 million of sheep. Annual demand of Mongolia in mutton is 5 million head of sheep.
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Mongolia's current coal production is approximately 5 million metric tons, which is mostly consumed by domestic power producers. The country is estimated to have potential reserves of 125 billion metric tons.
Many of these reserves have been proven, but remain undeveloped due to a lack of infrastructure.
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Modern Mongolian culture & custom |
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During communism and socialism time, people were thinking that is and will be only one society and one custom. Therefore, they organized many activities and propaganda to emancipate from Mongolian culture. It affected not only the young people but also the elders. |
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Since 1921, modern Mongolian education has been a reflection of its dependence on the USSR. On the one hand, elementary education is universal and free; with the result that Mongolia boasts a literacy rate of between 80% and 90%. In remote rural areas where there are no schools, children are often brought to the aimag capitals to stay in boarding schools, returning home only for a two week rest during winter and a three-month holiday in summer.
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Due to economic growth decline during the transition period, unemployment has been rising continually. The average unemployment rate from 1996 to 2001 was 5.6 per cent. At the end of 2002 the unemployment rate reached 3.6 per cent, decreasing by 2 percent compared with the average of 1996-2001.
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Area: 123600km2
Population: 73400
Density: 0.59
Province center: Choibalsan town (661km from Ulaanbaatar city)
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