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Mörön Mongolia - Mongols

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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