Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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"The School offers a full range of subjects, including English, mathematics, science, environmental studies, arts and crafts, music, physical education, French, German, and Mongolian."
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"You can see the cat-eyed, wispy-bearded warrior on paper money, vodka bottles and T-shirts, so it's no surprise that this year the Mongols are going all out celebrate his exploits."
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"Not only the spelling is different: to Europeans, the name epitomises merciless warmongering; to the Mongolians, it embodies strength, unity, law and order."
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"Happy Guesthouse [4] -an excellent guest house run by some young Mongolians in a central location -hot showers and western style toilets -a very nice place to stay."
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"Gandantegchinlen Khiid monastery, having escaped this mass destruction, was closed in 1938, but then reopened in 1944 and allowed to continue as a functioning Buddhist monastery, under a skeleton staff and named Gandan (or Ganden) Monastery, as a token homage to traditional Mongolian culture and religion."
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"Since ancient times, the Soyombo ideogram has been the national emblem of freedom and independence of the Mongolians."
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"With only 4.5 people per square mile, Mongolia has the lowest population density of any independent country, and it is this vast and majestic emptiness that is the country enduring appeal, bringing the traveler, as it does, into a close communion with nature and its nomadic inhabitants."
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"Mongolia's Constitution provides three requirements for taking office as President : the individual must be a native-born Mongolian, be at least 45 years of age, and have resided in Mongolia for five years prior to taking office."
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"When the city became the capital of the new Mongolian People's Republic in 1924, its name was changed to Ulaanbaatar ("red hero"), in honor of Mongolia's national hero Damdin Sühbaatar ,who liberated Mongolia from Ungern von Sternberg 's troops, Chinese rule, and called in the Soviet Red Army."
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