Outer Mongolia
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1. Outer Mongolia - Noun
2. Outer Mongolia - Proper noun
Meaning
a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia
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Apart from the Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, there were 13 other reincarnating high lamas, called 'seal-holding saints' (tamgatai khutuktu), in Outer Mongolia.
As a result, some Mongol leaders (especially those of Outer Mongolia) decided to seek Mongolian independence.
Despite a considerable movement among Inner Mongolia's Mongols (who comprised then around 15% of Inner Mongolia's population, while Han Chinese around 83%) for unification with Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia remained part of China.
By 1911 there were 700 large and small monasteries in Outer Mongolia; their 115,000 monks made up 21% of the population.
Most of its international border is with Mongolia, which, in Chinese, is sometimes called “Outer Mongolia” (外蒙古), while a small portion is with Russia.
Nationalist China was forced to acknowledge the independence of Mongolia (former Outer Mongolia) and Tannu Uriankhai (now part of Russia as The Tyva Republic ), in 1945.