.mn is the

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) for

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Easter ...

. It is administered by .MN Registry, Datacom. The domain name is composed of the consonants in the first syllable of the country name. The .MN registry is operated under the thick registry model. Administrative, Billing, Technical and Registrant contacts are required. The Redemption Grace Period (RGP) is available for .MN domains. The following

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s registration for free to qualifying entities: * .gov.mn – government institutions * .edu.mn – educational institutions * .org.mn – non-profit organizations .MN Registry signed the .mn zone with

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on 18 November 2010.

Use outside Mongolia

The .mn domain name has been used to represent the U.S. state of

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, such as by the Minnesota Legislature (senate.mn and house.mn), but such use is not official in the state. The .mn domain elsewhere outside Mongolia is used primarily as a

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, for example vita.mn (a play on vitamin). Another example is cart.mn (a play on the '' South Park'' character Eric Cartman, which redirects to www.southparkstudios.com).

References

External links

Domain registrars

Domain.mn
– .MN Domain Registry : .MN Domain Registrar
TEC.mn
– TEC.mn Service of DomainNRG : .MN Domain Registrar from Minneapolis, MN {{DEFAULTSORT:MN Country code top-level domains Internet in Mongolia Computer-related introductions in 1995 Science and technology in Mongolia sv:Toppdomän#M