MONGOLIA MONGOLIA REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE MARCH 13 1921 FROM CHINA DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION FEBRUARY 12 1992 POPULATION 2617379 1999 EST AREA 604800 SQ MI CAPITAL ULAANBAATAR FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES OIL COAL COPPER MOLYBDENUM TUNGSTEN PHOSPHATES TIN NICKEL ZINC WOLFRAMITE FLUORITE GOLD MAIN INDUSTRIES COPPER REFINING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS MINING FOOD PROCESSING BEVERAGES AGRICULTURE WHEAT BARLEY POTATOES SHEEP GOATS CATTLE CAMELS HORSES CURRENCY TUGHRIK GDP 5.8 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2250 1998 EST LANGUAGES KHALKHA MONGOLIAN TURKISH RUSSIAN CHINESE RELIGIONS TIBETAN BUDDHISM ISLAM LITERACY RATE 83 LIFE EXPECTANCY 60 YEARS MALE 64 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 23 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 8 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
