
Asia
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Mongolia: the steppe, the Gobi, and the world's emptiest country
Mongolia is, by population density, the emptiest country on earth. The steppe and the Gobi Desert stretch for thousands of kilometres of grassland and arid plain. The nomadic-herder culture, with its felt gers (yurts) and seasonal migrations, remains the country's defining cultural form.
August 15, 2022