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Area: 1,566,500 sq km (602,829 sq mi)
Population: 2.9million (2008)
Capital City: Ulaanbaatar (literally, 'Red Hero') Population: 1 million
People: 86% Khalkh Mongols, Kazakhs (6%), 8% other
Language(s): Khalkh Mongol, Kazakh
Religion(s): Tibetan Buddhism, Shamanism, Islam (in south-west)
Currency: Togrog (MNT)
Major Political Parties: Thirteen political parties took part in the elections on 29 June 2008, three as part of a coalition.  Political power is, however, concentrated in only two: the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) and the Democratic Party (DP).
Government: Supreme legislative power is vested in the Parliament, the Great Hural.  The 76-member of the Great Hural are elected by universal adult suffrage for four years.  They recognise the President on his election and appoint the Prime Minister (subject to the President's agreement) and members of the Cabinet, which is the highest executive body.  The  President is the Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and is directly elected for a term of four years.  The last Parliamentary elections took place in June 2008.  The next Presidential elections will take place in May 2009.
President: Nambaryn Enkhbayar (MPRP)
Prime Minister: Sanjaa Bayar (MPRP)
Foreign Minister: Sukhbaatar Batbold (MPRP)
Membership of International Groupings/Organisations: Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asia –Europe Meeting (ASEM), Customs Co-operation Council (CCC), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL), International Development Association (IDA), International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Labour Organisation (ILO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), United Nations (UN), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Universal Postal Union (UPU), World Health Organisation (WHO), International Federation of Red Cross and red Crescent Societies, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

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