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The name Mongolia means the "Land of the Mongols" in Latin. The Mongolian word "Mongol" (монгол) is of uncertain etymology.Sükhbataar (1992) and de la Vaissière (2021) proposed it being a derivation from Mugulü, the 4th-century founder of the Rouran Khaganate, [13] first attested as the 'Mungu', [14] (Chinese: 蒙兀, Modern Chinese Měngwù, Middle Chinese Muwngu), [15] a branch of ...
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, located between China and Russia. The terrain is one of mountains and rolling plateaus , with a high degree of relief. [ 2 ] The total land area of Mongolia is 1,564,116 square kilometres. [ 3 ]
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
An enlargeable map of Mongolia. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mongolia: Mongolia is a landlocked sovereign state in East Asia. It borders Russia to the north and China to the south. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and largest city, is home to about 38% of the population.
Area Map State of Buryat-Mongolia: 1917–1921 Chita: Mongol-Buryat Autonomous Oblast: 1922–1923 Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Oblast: 1921–1923 Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: 1923–1958 Ulan-Ude: Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: 1958–1992 Republic of Buryatia: 1992–present 351,300 km 2: Agin Buryat-Mongol ...
Geographic entity: Area (km 2): Notes Kyrgyzstan 199,900: Country in Central Asia. South Dakota 199,731: State of the United States. Tshopo: 199,567: Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This is one of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces, and territories, as well as certain political and geographic features of substantial area. [1]
Mongolia is divided into 21 provinces or aimags (Mongolian: аймаг) and one provincial municipality. [1] Each aimag is subdivided into several districts. [2] [3] The modern provinces have been established since 1921.