contents Where Is Mongolia The Land The Gobi Desert Wildlife The People Daily Life Going to School Working Playing Food Holidays Kazakh Eagle Hunters Fast Facts Glossary To Learn More Index 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 32
W N S E Mongolia is a landlocked country in Asia Russia borders it to the north China sits to its south Mongolia is not even half the size of Russia or China However it is still large It covers an area of 603,909 square miles 1,564,116 square kilometers 4 Where Is Mongolia
Russia Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Did you know Russia had strong influence and control over Mongolia in the 1900s Mongolia got back full control in 1990 Now it works to improve and preserve its culture China The largest city is the capital Ulaanbaatar It lies in north central Mongolia Between the late seventeenth and early twentieth centuries China ruled Mongolia Back then it was called Outer Mongolia A part of China is still known as Inner today Mongolia
