Mongolia
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a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
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Also Nei Monggol. Inner Mongolia.
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Outer Mongolia, former name of Mongolian People's Republic.
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Former names: Outer Mongolia. Mongolian People's Republic. a republic in E central Asia: made a Chinese province in 1691; became autonomous in 1911 and a republic in 1924; multiparty democracy introduced in 1990. It consists chiefly of a high plateau, with the Gobi Desert in the south, a large lake district in the northwest, and the Altai and Khangai Mountains in the west Official language: Khalkha. Religion: nonreligious majority. Currency: tugrik. Capital: Ulan Bator. Pop: 3 226 516 (2013 est). Area: 1 565 000 sq km (604 095 sq miles)
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a vast region of central Asia, inhabited chiefly by Mongols: now divided into the republic of Mongolia, Inner Mongolia (the Mongol Autonomous Region of China), and the Tuva Republic of S Russia; at its height during the 13th century under Genghis Khan
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It is unofficially called Outer Mongolia.
Mongolia proclaimed itself independent from China in 1911. With Soviet support, a communist regime was established in 1921. In 1990, the Communist party gave up its monopoly on power.
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Rio Tinto said it is in negotiations with Mongolia over the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, one of the world’s biggest deposits of the metal needed to build electric vehicles and data centers.
Moving up through the ranks, he conspired with like-minded officers to push government ministers toward expansion into Manchuria and Mongolia.
Russia topped the medal table with 13 golds, 13 silvers and seven bronzes, while Mexico and Mongolia competed at a Winter Paralympics for the first time.
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I was two days into the Gobi March, a brutal 155-mile ultramarathon through the steppes, sand dunes and rock valleys of Central Mongolia.
Also on the list were several other military officers and a number of provincial officials including Sun Shaochong, the former party chief of the Inner Mongolia region.
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