# Bulgan Soum, Arxangai Aimag – Villages, Map & Nearest Services

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/bulgan/

Soum · Arxangai Aimag 

# Bulgan

Bulgan is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Arxangai Aimag. It covers **3,165.5 km²**. Its main town is Bulagiyn Denj. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 5 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 3,165km²
- 5mapped services
- 1,963 mtypical elevation

## Where is Bulgan?

Bulgan lies in [Arxangai Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 6 other soums: [Batcengel](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/batcengel/), [Cenxer](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/cenxer/), [Erdenebulgan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/erdenebulgan/), [Erdenecogt](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/erdenecogt/), [Galuut](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/galuut/) and [Ixtamir](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/ixtamir/). By area it is the 202nd largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 5.7% of [Arxangai Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/). The centre of Bulgan is about 440 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 40 km from Tsetserleg, the main town of Arxangai Aimag. The centre point is at 47.1928° N, 101.1172° E. Local names: Булган .

Source: [National Statistical Office of Mongolia via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-mng).

## Villages and localities in Bulgan

Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Bulgan. Settlements here lie between about 1,909 m and 2,122 m above sea level (median 1,963 m).

- Beeseiin Hiid
- Bulagiyn Denj
- Bulgan
- Tushaalta Hiid

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Bulgan

Named natural and historic features inside Bulgan, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Hills and mountains

1 mountain.

- Dabaanii Bosogo Uula · 3,113 m

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Bulgan and the best time to visit

In Bulgan, the warmest month is Jul (average 13 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-21 °C). About 305 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (77 mm) and the driest Jan (3 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **June to August**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan -21 3 

Feb -18 4 

Mar -10 8 

Apr -2 15 

May 4 29 

Jun 10 57 

Jul 13 77 

Aug 11 66 

Sep 4 26 

Oct -3 11 

Nov -12 6 

Dec -19 4 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Bulgan

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Khan Bank · Bulgan 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.31891&mlon=101.11469#map=17/47.31891/101.11469) 

Petrol pump MT · Erdenebulgan 40 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.47360&mlon=101.44613#map=17/47.47360/101.44613) 

Hotel Peanuts · Bulgan 37 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.48338&mlon=101.35836#map=17/47.48338/101.35836) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Bulgan

Places mapped inside Bulgan in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Banks1
- Hotels3
- Cinemas1

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other soums in Arxangai Aimag

- Batcengel
- Caxir
- Cecerleg
- Cenxer
- Chuluut
- Erdenebulgan
- Erdenemandal
- Ixtamir
- Jargalant
- O'giinuur
- O'lziit
- O'ndor-Ulaan
- Tariat
- To'vshru'ulex
- Xairxan
- Xangai
- Xashaat
- Xotont

## Quick answers

- Where is Bulgan?In Arxangai Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Bulgan?Batcengel, Cenxer, Erdenebulgan, Erdenecogt, Galuut and Ixtamir
- How many villages are in Bulgan?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Bulgan?Settlements lie between 1,909 m and 2,122 m
- What is the highest point in Bulgan?Dabaanii Bosogo Uula (3,113 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Bulgan?June to August
- Where is the nearest bank to Bulgan?Khan Bank, about 14 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Bulgan?MT, about 40 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Bulgan?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Bulgan?MN6507 (OCHA common operational dataset)