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Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev Seeks to Make Economic, Diplomatic Inroads in Mongolia
BY JOANNA LILLIS
Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, visited Mongolia with the twofold intention of bolstering political stability there following last month’s post-election protests, and seeking an economic foothold in the East Asian country’s lucrative and under-developed mining sector.
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ALMANAC FACTS
Area: 1,565,000 sq km (604,250 sq mi)
Population: 2,751,314
Capital: Ulaanbaatar 627,000
President: Nambariin Enkhbayar
Religion: Buddhist Lamaist 50%, none 40%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%
Life Expectancy: 64.17 years
GDP per capita: $1,800
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Open Society Forum
Erdenejargal Perenlei, Director
Jamiyan gun Street - 5/1
Sukhbaatar District
Ulaanbaatar - 48, Mongolia
Tel: 976-11-313-207
Fax: 976 11 324 857
E-mail: jargal@soros.org.mn
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