It has an area of 604.250 sq. The average altitude of the country is l.580 metres above sea level.
Winters are long and dry.
Mongolia is rich in mineral resourses. Coal, iron, copper, flourspar, gold, uranium and silver are being mined and exploited. As of the end of l998 its population was 2 million 422 thousand. It is ethnically homogeneous. A small number of Russians and Chinese also permenently live in Mongolia.