# Buyant Soum, Bayan-Olgii Aimag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/buyant/

Soum · Bayan-Olgii Aimag 

# Buyant

Buyant is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Bayan-Olgii Aimag. It covers **1,832.6 km²**. Its main town is Buyant. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 1,833km²
- 2mapped services
- 2,009 mtypical elevation

## Where is Buyant?

Buyant lies in [Bayan-Olgii Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 4 other soums: [Altai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/altai/), [Bugat](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/bugat/), [Sagsai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/sagsai/) and [Tolbo](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/tolbo/). By area it is the 282nd largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 4.0% of [Bayan-Olgii Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/). The centre of Buyant is about 1,278 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 49 km from Ölgii, the main town of Bayan-Olgii Aimag. The centre point is at 48.5890° N, 89.6178° E. Local names: Буянт .

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 Buyant

Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in Buyant.

- Buyant
- Chzhirgalantu-Sagsay-Somon

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 Buyant

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

### Water

4 rivers and streams; 1 lake.

- Bor-Burgas Gol
- Chagan Sala Gol
- Hohsa Gol
- Holytsete
- Shar Nuur

### Hills and mountains

1 mountain; 1 valley.

- Ak-korum Uul · 2,472 m
- Mortyn Am · 2,050 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 Buyant and the best time to visit

In Buyant, the warmest month is Jul (average 11 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-22 °C). About 195 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (38 mm) and the driest Feb (6 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **July**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan -22 7 

Feb -20 6 

Mar -13 7 

Apr -3 12 

May 3 19 

Jun 9 34 

Jul 11 38 

Aug 9 30 

Sep 3 15 

Oct -4 9 

Nov -13 9 

Dec -20 7 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Buyant

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank төрийн банк · Buyant 5.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.57992&mlon=89.55099#map=17/48.57992/89.55099) 

Mall AXA · Altai 33 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.30428&mlon=89.51461#map=17/48.30428/89.51461) 

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 Buyant

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

- Banks2

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 Bayan-Olgii Aimag

- Altai
- Altanco'gc
- Bayannuur
- Bugat
- Bulgan
- Cengel
- Delu'un
- Nogoonnuur
- O'lgii
- Sagsai
- Tolbo
- Ulaanxus

## Quick answers

- Where is Buyant?In Bayan-Olgii Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Buyant?Altai, Bugat, Sagsai and Tolbo
- How many villages are in Buyant?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the highest point in Buyant?Ak-korum Uul (2,472 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Buyant?July
- Where is the nearest bank to Buyant?төрийн банк, about 5.0 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Buyant?2 mapped
- What is the P-code of Buyant?MN8319 (OCHA common operational dataset)