Mongolia

Mongolia is a country in Eastern Asia, Asia. Its capital is Ulan Bator, home to roughly 3,170,208 people across 1,564,110 km² of land.

Key facts

Genghis Khan founded an empire from the steppe that eventually became the largest contiguous land empire in history.
Naadam festival celebrates the 'three manly games' — wrestling, horse racing, and archery — on the open grasslands each summer.
Gers (yurts) remain movable round felt homes used by herders who follow grazing livestock across vast pastures.
Throat singing produces two pitches at once, echoing wind and animals on the empty steppe.
The Gobi Desert holds dinosaur fossils and flaming cliffs where the first dinosaur eggs were scientifically identified.

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