Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia ranks 107th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Malta. Memorable people born in present day Mongolia include Genghis Khan, Hulagu Khan, and Jochi. Memorable people who died in Mongolia include Ögedei Khan, Yesugei, and Subutai. Mongolia has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and noblemen.

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometres, with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's most sparsely populated sovereign state. Mongolia is the world's largest landlocked country that does not border an inland sea, and much of its area is covered by grassy steppe, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and largest city, is home to roughly half of the country's population. Read more on Wikipedia