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Mörön is
the administrative center of Khövsgöl Aimag
(province) in northern Mongolia. The settlement stems
from the Möröngiin Khuree monastery which
had been founded in 1809/11 on the banks of the Delgermörön
river. By the beginning of the 20th century, the monastery
had grown to a population of about 1300 lamas, but was
destroyed in 1937. A small new monastery Danzadarjaa
Khiid has been erected on the western edge of the town
in the 1990s.
Today, people of Mongol
origin live in Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia), Russia,
and a few other central Asian countries.The differentiation
between tribes and peoples (nationalities) is handled
differently depending on the country.
The population of Mongolia consists of 92.6% Mongols,
numbering approximately 2.7 million. From the middle
ages to early modern period the Khalkha, Uriankhai and
Buryats were counted as eastern Mongols while the Oirats,
living mainly in the Altay region, belonged to the western
Mongols.
At 1,564,116 square kilometres, Mongolia is the nineteenth
largest and most sparsely populated independent country
in the world.
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