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The Towns and Cities of Mongolia |
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 The majority of the Population of Mongolia is concentrated in Ulaanbaatar (over 1,5 million) but there are never the less small towns and cities in the aimags which have settlements where some creature comforts may be found. This section contains the list of all the cities we could found which had a population of over 10,000 inhabitants. Some of them you can click on to be taken to a further information page about them. If you do have any information about any of those cities, pictures you would like to post on the website or even your stories while there please
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The National Parks in Mongolia |
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Mongolia is an enormously large country and has a very low population density, while over population is not yeat a worry the government has instituted a number of National Parks throughout the country to protect the local species, traditions and cultures as well as preserve the natural beauty of the country. In this section you will find a list of all the National Parks in Mongolia, click through to have more information about a particular park and how to get there.
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The Temples of Mongolia |
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 Mongolia has suffered serious purges during the cultural revolution and the ensuing Soviet/Communist domminance over Mongolia, what was once a country incredibly rich in terms of religion, artifacts, traditions and education had been systematically destroyed, monks were executed and all religious practices banned. Gamden Monastery and Chojen Lama Museum were left unharmed by the purges and they are slowly regaining their importance. Ganden Monsatery has become one of the main religious sites in Mongolia. The government has so far shown little inclination in saving the few remaining structures but slowly foreign restauration projects and good will from the local populations is pushing for the restauration of what can be saved. This also goes hand in hand with a new-found religious fervour from the population towards all things Buddhist, to highlight this, His Holyness the Dalai Lama visited Mongolia in the summer of 2006 to an enormous turnout. The list of Monasteries in this section is not exhaustive, many are missing and many of the ones on the list are in exceedingly poor condition. The main monasteries can be clicked through to a further information page whcih also contains some pictures where available. This list was compiled from a foreign group based in Mongolia who have made it their mission to chart and find all the remaining monasteries in Mongolia and make the world at large aware of the need of restauration to them. If you have visited one of those monasteries, have taken pictures, have stories please email them to us so that we may post them on this website.
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The Regions of Mongolia |
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Mongolia is divided into 22 provinces known as Aimags.
In this section you wll find a list of all of the aimags, you can click on the name of the aimag to be taken through to a detail page about it.
Below that list you will find a list of all the poular tourist regions, same again, each one is a link which takes you to a full information page.
Next to the name of the aimag is the name of its capital. Mongolia is a vast country with enormous geographical diversity within it. The sand dunes of the Gobi Desert are comparable to the Sahara desert, the vast arrid plains found in the north Gobi are simillar to th eplains found in Iraq, Iran and Syria. The green and endless steppes are unique to Mongolia while the North of the country towards lake Khosvgol have a near contiental or Canadian look.
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About Mongolia 
Mongolian has much more than a 101 things to do but we have put
together a list of we think are the coolest and best things to do while
you are visiting us. You would of course sruggle to do them all in the
short time you are likely to spend in Mongolia but you cannot
experience eight hundred years worth of culture in two weeks. If you
want to learn more about any of those challenges click on its name and
you will be re-directed to a page with lots more information about that
acitivity. If you have any suggestions of unusual and fun things to do
in Mongolia please do contact us. Please click on the read more link
below to see the list.
