mongolia

A Brief Description

In this ancient land of Mongolia, archaeologists have found remnants of a 500,000 year old culture, which in many ways parallels the nomadic tribes and lifestyles that still exist today in some of the outer reaches of the country.

Once known as the Hun State, it rivaled the powerful Chinese states, extending north to Russia's Lake Baykal, and south to the Great Wall in China.

During the 7th-10th centuries, the area was occupied by individual Mongol tribes, all with individual territories and chiefs. One of those chiefs named "Genghis Khan," established the Mongolian State, and it became one of the most powerful states in the world, and in fact, he tried to conquer it.

Eventually the Mongolians were defeated by the Chinese, and many centuries of tragic war and political clashes followed.

It seemed to end some when it transformed itself into a republic, aligning itself with the USSR. In July of 1990, the first country-wide democratic elections were held, and the country rid itself of communist rule.

The road into the future has been rocky at best, but regardless, Mongolia is reaching out to the west, and a free market economy.

Ulan Bator, the country's capital, is its largest city and the connection-point for all railroads and highways in the country. In addition, the city serves as the nation's cultural and political center, and the main entrance point for a growing numbers of tourists.

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Facts and Figures

Name Mongolia

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Population 2,791,300

Population & Density (all countries) here

Capital City Ulan Bator (Ulaanbaatar) (1,210,000)

Languages Khalkha Mongolian, Turkic, Russian

Flag here

National Day July 11

Official Currency Togrogs/Tugriks (MNT)

Currency Converter here

Religions Buddhism (50%), Shamanist, Christian, Muslim

Geographic Coordinates

Latitude/Longitude (Capital City)
47º 54' N, 106º 52' E

Relative Location Mongolia is in both the northern and eastern hemispheres. It's positioned in central Asia, and bordered by the Russian Federation in the north, and China in the south.

Land Statistics

Coastline 0 (landlocked)

Land Areas

(TOTAL) 603,908 sq miles (1,564,116 sq km)

Land Area (all countries) here

Landforms From the Gobi Desert areas of the south, Mongolia rise into a grass-covered and generally treeless plain (steppe), punctuated by three mountain ranges. The highest point is found in the rugged Atlay Mountains of the west. Overall the country has an average elevation near 5,183 ft., (1,580 m).

Hovsgol Nuur, one of Asia's largest freshwater lakes is located on its border with the Russian Federation.

In addition, the northern reaches of the country are replete with meandering rivers, thousands of small lakes, marshes and glaciers. Mongolia, in the west and north, experiences frequent earthquakes, though volcanoes here are considered extinct.

Highest Point Nayramadlin Orgil in the Altay Mountains - 14,350 ft. (4,374 m)

Lowest Point Hoh Nuur - 1,699 ft. (518 m)

Land Divisions 21 provinces and 1 municipality*, including: Arhangay, Bayanhongor, Bayan-Olgiy, Bulgan, Darhan Uul, Dornod, Dornogovi, Dundgovi, Dzavhan, Govi-Altay, Govi-Sumber, Hentiy, Hovd, Hovsgol, Omnogovi, Orhon, Ovorhangay, Selenge, Suhbaatar, Tov, Ulaanbaatar* and Uvs.

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Climate Temperatures vary greatly across Mongolia. Summers are usually dry and sunny, and in fact, sunny days are common in the country.

Based on its overall elevation above sea level, winters here are very cold and often windy.

Summer high temperatures do reach the high 60s and low 70s F, while winter low temperatures exceeeding -25º F are normal in the upper elevations

Traveler Information

Attractions On the positive side, isolated Mongolia is a little visited destination, so there's no lines and no waiting to enjoy its cultural sites, scenery and wildlife.

As attractions go, Ulaanbaatar, the main entry point, presents a number of quality museums, Buddhist temples and the famed Gandan Monastery - the most important monastery in the country.

Major treks of interest for the adventure traveler include the Gobi Desert; hot springs at Khangai; Khujirt, the 13th century capital of the Great Mongolian Empire, and the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan - located in the Ejin Horo Banner region.

Country Dialing Code 976

Electricity Mongolia uses 230 volts AC (50 cycles)

Electrical adapters, products and tips here

Travel Warnings here

Visa Information here

PLEASE NOTE: Before making travel plans for any worldwide destination, we strongly recommend you authenticate important details regarding visas, local health care, customs, etc.

We always find it helpful to contact the nearest consulate of any country before beginning a journey into a foreign land.

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This page created by: Patrick Kennedy
Creation date: March 2007
Last update: 18 November 2009
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P-1r, 50 Cents, 1924 Scan donated by Owen W. Linzmayer	P-1r, 50 Cents, 1924 Scan donated by Owen W. Linzmayer
P-4, 5 Dollars, 1924 Scan donated by Owen W. Linzmayer	P-4, 5 Dollars, 1924 Scan donated by Owen W. Linzmayer
P-5r, 10 Dollars, 1924 Scan donated by Owen W. Linzmayer	P-5r, 10 Dollars, 1924 Scan donated by Owen W. Linzmayer
P-7, 1 Tugrik, 1925 Scan donated by Owen W. Linzmayer	P-7, 1 Tugrik, 1925 Scan donated by Owen W. Linzmayer
P-8, 2 Tugrik, 1925 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-8, 2 Tugrik, 1925 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-11, 25 Tugrik, 1925 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-11, 25 Tugrik, 1925 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-14, 1 Tugrik, 1939 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-14, 1 Tugrik, 1939 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-15, 3 Tugrik, 1939 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-15, 3 Tugrik, 1939 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-16, 5 Tugrik, 1939 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-16, 5 Tugrik, 1939 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-20, 100 Tugrik, 1939 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-20, 100 Tugrik, 1939 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-21, 1 Tugrik, 1941 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-21, 1 Tugrik, 1941 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-23, 5 Tugrik, 1941 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-23, 5 Tugrik, 1941 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-23, 5 Tugrik, 1941 Scan donated by Owen W. Linzmayer	P-23, 5 Tugrik, 1941 Scan donated by Owen W. Linzmayer
P-25, 25 Tugrik, 1941 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-25, 25 Tugrik, 1941 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-26, 50 Tugrik, 1941 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-26, 50 Tugrik, 1941 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-27, 100 Tugrik, 1941 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-27, 100 Tugrik, 1941 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-28, 1 Tugrik, 1955	P-28, 1 Tugrik, 1955
P-28, 1 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Thomas Moffatt	P-28, 1 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Thomas Moffatt
P-29, 3 Tugrik, 1955	P-29, 3 Tugrik, 1955
P-29, 3 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Frank van Tiel	P-29, 3 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Frank van Tiel
P-30, 5 Tugrik, 1955	P-30, 5 Tugrik, 1955
P-30, 5 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-30, 5 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-31, 10 Tugrik, 1955	P-31, 10 Tugrik, 1955
P-31, 10 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-31, 10 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-32, 25 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-32, 25 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-32, 25 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Antonio Diaz Escudero	P-32, 25 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Antonio Diaz Escudero
P-33, 50 Tugrik, 1955	P-33, 50 Tugrik, 1955
P-33, 50 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-33, 50 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-34, 100 Tugrik, 1955	P-34, 100 Tugrik, 1955
P-34, 100 Tugrik, 1955 Note donated by Spartan	P-34, 100 Tugrik, 1955 Note donated by Spartan
P-34, 100 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-34, 100 Tugrik, 1955 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-35, 1 Tugrik, 1966	P-35, 1 Tugrik, 1966
P-35, 1 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-35, 1 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-36, 3 Tugrik, 1966	P-36, 3 Tugrik, 1966
P-36, 3 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Peter Mosselberger	P-36, 3 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Peter Mosselberger
P-36, 3 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-36, 3 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-37, 5 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Frank van Tiel	P-37, 5 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Frank van Tiel
P-37, 5 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-37, 5 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-38, 10 Tugrik, 1966	P-38, 10 Tugrik, 1966
P-38, 10 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-38, 10 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-39, 25 Tugrik, 1966	P-39, 25 Tugrik, 1966
P-39, 25 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-39, 25 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-40, 50 Tugrik, 1966	P-40, 50 Tugrik, 1966
P-40, 50 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-40, 50 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-41, 100 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Peter Mosselberger	P-41, 100 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Peter Mosselberger
P-41, 100 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-41, 100 Tugrik, 1966 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-42, 1 Tugrik, 1983 Scan donated by José María Creus Rey	P-42, 1 Tugrik, 1983 Scan donated by José María Creus Rey
P-42, 1 Tugrik, 1983 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-42, 1 Tugrik, 1983 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-43, 3 Tugrik, 1983 Scan donated by José María Creus Rey	P-43, 3 Tugrik, 1983 Scan donated by José María Creus Rey
P-43, 3 Tugrik, 1983 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-43, 3 Tugrik, 1983 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-44, 5 Tugrik, 1981	P-44, 5 Tugrik, 1981
P-44, 5 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-44, 5 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-45, 10 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by José María Creus Rey	P-45, 10 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by José María Creus Rey
P-45, 10 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-45, 10 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-46, 20 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by José María Creus Rey	P-46, 20 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by José María Creus Rey
P-46, 20 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-46, 20 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-47, 50 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Frank van Tiel	P-47, 50 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Frank van Tiel
P-47, 50 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-47, 50 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-48, 100 Tugrik, 1981 Hi-resolution Scan donated by Patrick Kennedy
P-48, 100 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Frank van Tiel	P-48, 100 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Frank van Tiel
P-48, 100 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-48, 100 Tugrik, 1981 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-49, 10 Mongo, (1993)	P-49, 10 Mongo, (1993)
P-50, 20 Mongo, (1993)	P-50, 20 Mongo, (1993)
P-51, 50 Mongo, (1993)	P-51, 50 Mongo, (1993)
P-52, 1 Tugrik, (1993)	P-52, 1 Tugrik, (1993)
P-53, 5 Tugrik, (1993)	P-53, 5 Tugrik, (1993)
P-54, 10 Tugrik, (1993)	P-54, 10 Tugrik, (1993)
P-54, 10 Tugrik, (1993) Scan donated by Steve Burke	P-54, 10 Tugrik, (1993) Scan donated by Steve Burke
P-55, 20 Tugrik, 1993 Hi-resolution Scan donated by Patrick Kennedy
P-55, 20 Tugrik, (1993)	P-55, 20 Tugrik, (1993)
P-55, 20 Tugrik, (1993) Scan donated by Steve Burke	P-55, 20 Tugrik, (1993) Scan donated by Steve Burke
P-56, 50 Tugrik, 1993 Hi-resolution Scan donated by Patrick Kennedy
P-56, 50 Tugrik, (1993)	P-56, 50 Tugrik, (1993)
P-56, 50 Tugrik, (1993) Scan donated by Steve Burke	P-56, 50 Tugrik, (1993) Scan donated by Steve Burke
P-57, 100 Tugrik, (1993)	P-57, 100 Tugrik, (1993)
P-57, 100 Tugrik, 1994	P-57, 100 Tugrik, 1994
P-57, 100 Tugrik, (1993) Scan donated by Thomas Krag	P-57, 100 Tugrik, (1993) Scan donated by Thomas Krag
P-58a, 500 Tugrik, (1993)	P-58a, 500 Tugrik, (1993)
P-58b, 500 Tugrik, 1997	P-58b, 500 Tugrik, 1997
P-58b, 500 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Steve Burke	P-58b, 500 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Steve Burke
P-59, 1,000 Tugrik, (1993)	P-59, 1,000 Tugrik, (1993)
P-59, 1,000 Tugrik, (1997) Scan donated by Aare Olander	P-59, 1,000 Tugrik, (1997) Scan donated by Aare Olander
P-60, 5,000 Tugrik, 1994 Scan donated by Steve Burke	P-60, 5,000 Tugrik, 1994 Scan donated by Steve Burke
P-60, 5,000 Tugrik, 1994 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-60, 5,000 Tugrik, 1994 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-61, 10,000 Tugrik, 1995	P-61, 10,000 Tugrik, 1995
P-61, 10,000 Tugrik, 1995 Scan donated by Steve Burke	P-61, 10,000 Tugrik, 1995 Scan donated by Steve Burke
P-62, 50 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Steve Burke	P-62, 50 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Steve Burke
P-62, 50 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Michael Reissner	P-62, 50 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Michael Reissner
P-63, 100 Tugrik, 2000 Note donated by Abdullah Beydoun	P-63, 100 Tugrik, 2000 Note donated by Abdullah Beydoun
P-63, 100 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Michael Reissner	P-63, 100 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Michael Reissner
P-63, 100 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Steve Burke	P-63, 100 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Steve Burke
P-64, 500 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Thomas Augustsson	P-64, 500 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Thomas Augustsson
P-64s, 500 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-64s, 500 Tugrik, 2000 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-66, 500 Tugrik, 2003 Note donated by Abdullah Beydoun	P-66, 500 Tugrik, 2003 Note donated by Abdullah Beydoun
P-67, 5,000 Tugrik, 2003 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-67, 5,000 Tugrik, 2003 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-68, 5,000 Tugrik, 2003 Scan donated by Thomas Augustsson	P-68, 5,000 Tugrik, 2003 Scan donated by Thomas Augustsson
P-New, 10 Tugrik, 2002 Scan donated by Steve Burke	P-New, 10 Tugrik, 2002 Scan donated by Steve Burke
P-New, 20 Tugrik, 2002 Scan donated by Steve Burke	P-New, 20 Tugrik, 2002 Scan donated by Steve Burke
P-New, 10,000 Tugrik, 2002 Scan donated by Thomas Augustsson	P-New, 10,000 Tugrik, 2002 Scan donated by Thomas Augustsson
P-New, 10,000 Tugrik, 2002 Scan donated by Steve Burke	P-New, 10,000 Tugrik, 2002 Scan donated by Steve Burke
P-New, 10,000 Tugrik, 2002 Scan donated by Jae-Hong Lee	P-New, 10,000 Tugrik, 2002 Scan donated by Jae-Hong Lee
P-New, 10,000 Tugrik, 2002 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya	P-New, 10,000 Tugrik, 2002 Scan donated by Omer Yalcinkaya
P-New, 20,000 Tugrik, 2006 Note donated by Morris Lawing	P-New, 20,000 Tugrik, 2006 Note donated by Morris Lawing

Patrick Kennedy's World Currency Homepage This page created by: Patrick Kennedy Creation date: March 2007 Last update: 18 November 2009 URL: http://www.patricksworldcurrency.com/countries/mongolia.html

Patrick Kennedy's World Currency Homepage
This page created by: Patrick Kennedy
Creation date: March 2007
Last update: 18 November 2009
URL: http://www.patricksworldcurrency.com/countries/mongolia.html