Nurkairath, Ergalim & Khan la Khan, Bayan Olgii, Mongolia

The Kazakh people are the largest ethnic minority in Mongolia. Numbering over 100,000, they comprise the largest ethnic minority in Mongolia, although only 4% of the total population. The Kazakh population is concentrated in the western province of Bayan-Ulgii, a region physically separated from Kazakhstan by a 47-60 km mountainous stretch of Chinese and Russian territory.