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The People and Traditions of Kyrgyzstan: Nomadic Culture That Still Lives

The People and Traditions of Kyrgyzstan: Nomadic Culture That Still Lives

Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. Approximately 94% of its territory sits above 1,000 metres elevation; 40% is above 3,000 metres. It has been a Soviet republic, ...

Mongolia: What Happens When You Travel to the Emptiest Country on Earth

Mongolia: What Happens When You Travel to the Emptiest Country on Earth

Before anything else, the scale. Mongolia is the 18th-largest country in the world. It has roughly 3.3 million people. That gives it the lowest population density of any country on earth that isn't principally Antarctica. Large portions of it have no...