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Mongolia

Mongolia is more than twice the size of Texas and has about 3.5 million people. Nearly half of them live in one city, the capital, Ulaanbaatar.

Where its story happens

Ulaanbaatar, at 47.92°N, 106.92°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.

Five things to know about Mongolia

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Mongolia, the country between Russia and China. See Mongolia on a map.
  2. Genghis Khan was born here, and the empire he founded became the largest connected land empire in history.
  3. Many of its people are herders who live in round felt tents and move with the seasons.
  4. Its capital is the coldest capital city in the world.
  5. It is the most thinly populated country on Earth: about two people for every square kilometre.

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