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Govĭ-Altay (province) |
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Lat: 45 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 096 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 96.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Desert province of southwest Mongolia; noted for abundance of medicinal herbs, including liquorice, fool's parsley, and gentian; home to Gobi bear and wild boar; principal industry is cattle-farming. |
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Govĭ-Altay (preferred,C,V,Mongolian)
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Govĭ-Altay Aymag (C,V)
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Govĭaltay (C,V)
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Gov'altai (C,V)
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Gobi-Altay (C,V)
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Gov'altaj (C,V)
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Говь-Алтай (C,V,Mongolian)
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Говь-Алтай Аймаг (C,V,Mongolian)
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Govĭ-Altay Aymag (C,U,O,Mongolian-P)
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Gobi-Altai Aimak (C,U,Mongolian)
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Gobi Altay Amag (C,U)
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Gobi-Altayskiy aymak (C,U,Russian-P)
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Gov’-Altay aymag (C,U,Mongolian)
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Gow’ Altaï (C,U,Mongolian)
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MG10 (C,U,FIPS)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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