The capital is Dalanzadgad ; the province is rich in mineral deposits, including copper. Agriculture is of minor importance. Vegetables are grown in e. As the aimag has various sights to offer, tourism is gaining importance.
The Dalanzadgad Airport has one concrete runway , it is served by regular domestic flights to Ulaanbaatar. According to a survey, Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia. Its area is equivalent with the historical territory of Outer Mongolia , that term is sometimes used to refer to the current state, it is sandwiched between China to Russia to the north.
Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan. At 1,, square kilometres, Mongolia is the 18th-largest and the most sparsely populated sovereign state in the world, with a population of around three million people, it is the world's second-largest landlocked country behind Kazakhstan and the largest landlocked country that does not border a closed sea.
The country contains little arable land, as much of its area is covered by grassy steppe , with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south.
Ulaanbaatar shares the rank of the world's coldest capital city with Moscow and Nur-Sultan. The majority of its population are Buddhists. The non-religious population is the second largest group. Islam is the dominant religion among ethnic Kazakhs ; the majority of the state's citizens are of Mongol ethnicity, although Kazakhs and other minorities live in the country in the west.
