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Mongols) are a Central-East Asian ethnic group

Ethnic group

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that lives mainly in the countries of Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

, China

China

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, and Russia

Russia

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. In China, ethnic Mongols can be found mainly in the central north region of China such as Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...

(smaller number of Mongols can also be found in Xinjiang

Xinjiang

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in northwest China). The Buryat

Buryats

The Buryats or Buriyads , numbering approximately 436,000, are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia...

branch of the Mongol ethnic group can be found in the autonomous republic of Buryatia

Buryatia

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, Russia. Ethnic Mongols are bound together by a common language

Language

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and culture

Culture

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