Within Mongolia, the region is well-known for its natural beauty, and Lake Khövsgöl is one of the countries major tourist attractions. The largest forest areas of Mongolia are located around and to the north of the lake, extending the south-siberian Taiga. “Dalai eej – Mother sea” tourist camp is located over 828 km from Ulaanbaatar. [...]
In Mongolia, herders hand comb goats in the spring, when the goats begin to naturally shed their cashmere undercoat. For first combing, cashmere is usually only harvested from the neck and belly of the goat, leaving the body covered for warmth. The herder will comb the same goats again as the weather warms, continuing to [...]
Goods 2009 2003 2004 2005 Flour, grade 1, kg 850 331 455 417 Rice, kg 1000 453 595 707 Mutton, kg 2300 1 352 1 596 2 124 Beef , kg 3300 1 435 1 724 2 348 Milk, l 1300 482 468 488 Kefir, litre 503 514 518 557 Butter, kg 3 705 3 [...]
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. [...]
The Mongolian goat is a beneficial livestock that has high effectiveness and independent capabilities. Goats account for 20 percent of Mongolian livestock. But since 1990 numbers of ox have increased substantially, horses increased a little, sheep decreased, camel stayed the same but goats increased by leaps and bounds. In 1990 there were 5 million goats, [...]
Each year, Mongolia harvests 2900 tons of raw cashmere from 13 millions goats, and produces 25 percent of the total raw cashmere of world. The fiber length of Mongolian cashmere is the attribute for the premier quality cashmere products and produces yarn with the best spinning ability. The processing industry consists of wool, cashmere, leather, [...]
Mongolian newspapers have made significant investments in modern press facilities and equipment in resent years. Now there are 17 newspapers and magazines, which have their own printing houses and press. Most national dailies operate computerized typesetting and editing systems. Among the daily newspapers “Zuunii medee” (“Century news”), “Unuudur” (“Today”), “Udriin sonin” (“Daily news”) and “Unen” [...]
MONTSAME’s role is to “efficiently supply domestic and foreign news to mass media in the country, and inform the world of Mongolia’s diverse heritage and contemporary culture”. The principles of transparency, objectivity, efficiency and pluralism are the basic standards which MONTSAME news agency sets for all information. Domestic clients receive a comprehensive selection of domestic [...]
Mongols take radio as a companion to start the day and intermittently return to this friend during the course of the day. A great wave of changes took place in the 1990s with the establishment of a number of private radio studios. At present, 26 FM radio stations broadcast nationwide. They attract more listeners usually [...]
Mongols 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 [...]
