# Jargalant Soum, Arxangai Aimag – Villages & Map

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

Soum · Arxangai Aimag 

# Jargalant

Jargalant is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Arxangai Aimag. It covers **2,839.7 km²**. Its main town is Bayantsagaan. 6 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2,840km²
- 1mapped services
- 1,763 mtypical elevation

## Where is Jargalant?

Jargalant lies in [Arxangai Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 5 other soums: [Cecerleg](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/cecerleg/), [Erdenemandal](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/erdenemandal/), [Galt](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/khovsgol/galt/), [O'ndor-Ulaan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/o-ndor-ulaan/) and [Tariat](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/tariat/). By area it is the 220th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 5.1% of [Arxangai Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/). The centre of Jargalant is about 460 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 141 km from Tsetserleg, the main town of Arxangai Aimag. The centre point is at 48.6532° N, 100.7647° E. Local names: Жаргалант .

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 Jargalant

Open gazetteers list **6 villages, towns and localities** in Jargalant. Settlements here lie between about 1,583 m and 1,971 m above sea level (median 1,763 m).

- Ajirigaiin Hüryee
- Bayantsagaan
- Dugan-Hiyd
- Hooltoyn Dugang
- Hutambaiin Bayshing
- Jargalant

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 Jargalant

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

### Hills and mountains

2 mountains; 1 mountain pass.

- Haan Öndör · 2,388 m
- Ölonteyn Godzogor · 2,147 m
- Tsagaan Hujirta Dabaa · 2,038 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 Jargalant and the best time to visit

In Jargalant, the warmest month is Jul (average 15 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-21 °C). About 331 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (83 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 -9 7 

Apr 0 15 

May 6 29 

Jun 13 56 

Jul 15 83 

Aug 12 81 

Sep 6 26 

Oct -2 15 

Nov -11 7 

Dec -18 5 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Jargalant

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Khan Bank · Jargalant 8.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.72700&mlon=100.76423#map=17/48.72700/100.76423) 

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 Jargalant

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

- Banks1

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

## Quick answers

- Where is Jargalant?In Arxangai Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Jargalant?Cecerleg, Erdenemandal, Galt, O'ndor-Ulaan and Tariat
- How many villages are in Jargalant?6 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Jargalant?Settlements lie between 1,583 m and 1,971 m
- What is the highest point in Jargalant?Haan Öndör (2,388 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Jargalant?June to August
- Where is the nearest bank to Jargalant?Khan Bank, about 8.2 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Jargalant?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Jargalant?MN6510 (OCHA common operational dataset)