“that
your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.” Psalm
67:2
AUSTRALIAN ADDRESS
David and Wendy Hall
26 Second Avenue
LLANDILO NSW 2747
Ph: 02 4777 4357 Email:
dwhall@emailglobe.net
SENDING GROUP
PIONEERS
Pioneers has over 1100 international
workers. There are presently 92 teams working in 51 countries amongst 116
people groups. We are a young, creative and growing movement of men and
women, all of whom love God, and are committed to the task of reaching
unreached people groups.
Pioneers Office
4/46 New Street
Ringwood VIC 3134
Ph 03 9879 2900 Email: info@pioneers.org.au
SENDING CHURCH
Nepean
Valley Church
"Nothing
is hidden from God! He sees through everything, and we will have to tell
him the truth."
Hebrews
4:13
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MONGOLIA
Mongolia
Capital: Ulaanbaatar
Population: 2,791,272 (July
2005 est.)
0-14 years: 28.7% (male
407,547/female 392,440)
15-64 years: 67.7% (male
943,418/female 945,063)
65 years and over: 3.7%
(male 44,413/female 58,391) (2005 est.)
Occupations:
herding/agriculture 42%,
mining 4%, manufacturing
6%,
trade 14%,
services 29%,
public sector 5%,
other 3.7% (2003)
Literacy: 82.9 percent
Official Languages: Khalkha
Mongolian
Economy: Agriculture, Services,
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HISTORY
The Mongols gained fame
in the 13th century when under Chinggis KHAN they conquered a huge Eurasian
empire. After his death the empire was divided into several powerful Mongol
states, but these broke apart in the 14th century.
The Mongols eventually retired
to their original steppe homelands and later came under Chinese rule.
Mongolia won its independence
in 1921 with Soviet backing. A Communist regime was installed in 1924.
During the early 1990s, the ex-Communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary
Party (MPRP) gradually yielded its monopoly on power to the Democratic
Union Coalition (DUC), which defeated the MPRP in a national election in
1996.
Since then, parliamentary
elections returned the MPRP overwhelmingly to power in 2000 and produced
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Religion:
Buddhist Lamaist 50%, none
40%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4% (2004)
However, with the arrival
of Communists in 20s, the religion was severely repressed, and all but
one monastery destroyed. More than 30,000 monks and priests were executed
and another 70,000 exiled or imprisoned. In seven decades Buddhism was
almost eradicated, but the liberalization of 1990 allowed its peaceful
revival. Now more than 140 Buddhist monasteries have been set up anew. |
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LAND AREA
Size: 1,564,116 sq
km
Terrian: vast semi
desert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest;
Gobi Desert in south-central
lowest point: Hoh Nuur 518
m
highest point: Nayramadlin
Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m
Land Use:
arable land: 0.77%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.23% (2001) |
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