It's a vast emptiness that links land and sky, and is one of the last few places on the planet where nomadic life is still a living tradition. The country can be categorized into five distinct regions based on culture and geography. These regions are further divided into 21 provinces and one special municipality. With only 1. Mongolia is entirely landlocked, between China and Russia.
The country is nicknamed the "Land of Blue Skies," and with good reason. There are said to be about sunny days throughout each year. With many types of terrain β from desert to verdant mountains β the weather during the summer varies from region to region, but is generally hot. Outside of the Gobi desert, this time of year is marked with many rains in some areas, and it can become quite cool at night. So, if you can't find a name as you wrote it, try other spellings.
Mongolia may have geopolitical, cultural and geographical meanings. Modern day Mongolia consists of what was historically Outer Mongolia so called when it was part of China. The province of Inner Mongolia is politically separate and is in the northern part of China, sharing common borders with modern-day Mongolia.
The recorded history of ancient Mongolia dates back to the third century BC when the Xiongnu came to power among many other nomadic tribes. Due to illiteracy and nomadic lifestyle, little was recorded by the Xiognu of themselves; they first appear in recorded Chinese history as "Barbarians" against whom the walls were built. Those walls later became known as the Great Wall of China.
Xiognu history is controversial. Different historians attribute them to several quite different ethnic groups. Some claim Xong Nu is cognate to Hun Nu or even that these are basically the same group known as Huns centuries later in Europe, but both claims are contested.
