COUNTRY NAME:
Mongolia

CAPITAL:
Ulaanbaatar

AREA:
603,908 sq. miles

POPULATION:
2,832,224 (July 2005 est.)

LANGUAGES:
Khalkha Mongol, Turkic, Russian

RELIGIONS:
Buddhist Lamaist, Shamanist, Christian, Muslim

INDEPENDENCE:
July 11, 1921

GOVERNMENT:
Mixed parliamentary/presidential

CHIEF OF STATE:
Nambaryn Enkhbayar

GDP PURCHASING POWER PARITY:
$6.022 billion (2005 est.)

REAL GROWTH RATE:
5.5% (2005 est.)