Mong Nai
a state of British Burma. It has an area of 2,717 square miles. It is for the most part mountainous, but in the valleys rice, tobacco, and tropical fruits are produced. Pop. about 36,000. The capital is the city of the same name.
MONGOLIA (-gōli-ä), a vast region of the N. E. of Asia, belonging to the Chinese empire, situated between China proper and Asiatic Russia; area, 1,367,- 600 square miles. A great part of it is occupied by the Desert of Gobi or Shamo, and on or near its borders are lofty mountain chains, the principal of which are the Altai, the Sayansk, the Khinghan, and the Inshan. The inhabitants lead a nomadic life. They possess large herds of cattle, sheep, and horses. The climate is intensely hot in summer and bitterly cold in winter. After China's revolution the autonomy of Mongolia was recognized by by Russia, 1912, and that of Outer Mongolia in 1913. Since 1915 Mongolia has had its own coinage. Pop. about 2,600,000.