# Ulaanxus Soum, Bayan-Olgii Aimag – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/ulaanxus/ Soum · Bayan-Olgii Aimag # Ulaanxus Ulaanxus is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Bayan-Olgii Aimag. It covers **6,006.4 km²**. Its main town is Bilüü. 11 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 8 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 6,006km² - 8mapped services - 1,857 mtypical elevation ## Where is Ulaanxus? Ulaanxus lies in [Bayan-Olgii Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 4 other soums: [Bugat](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/bugat/), [Cengel](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/cengel/), [Nogoonnuur](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/nogoonnuur/) and [Sagsai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/sagsai/). By area it is the 76th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 13.1% of [Bayan-Olgii Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/). The centre of Ulaanxus is about 1,290 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 40 km from Ölgii, the main town of Bayan-Olgii Aimag. The centre point is at 48.8898° N, 89.4336° E. Local names: Улаанхус . 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 Ulaanxus Open gazetteers list **11 villages, towns and localities** in Ulaanxus. Settlements here lie between about 1,772 m and 2,754 m above sea level (median 1,857 m). - Bayanzunkh - Beleu - Bilüü - Boro Burgaasa - Hurimiin Suma - Ikh-Oigor bag - Oygor - Oygur - Suoku - Tarhatay - Ulaankhus 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 Ulaanxus Named natural and historic features inside Ulaanxus, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 24 rivers and streams; 3 lakes. - Ak-Kokum - Baga Oigor Gol - Biluugiin Gol - Bilüü - Bor-Bugasny Gol - Chuluut Bulag - Dara Acha Nuur - Dund Uygar Gol - Dzhalangashiin Gol - Godon Gol - Hurimt Gol - Ikh Oigor Gol - Irmegteyn Gol - Irmegteyn Nuur - Khar Yamaa Gol - Khatugiin Gol - Modon Salaa - Oigor Gol - Oigor Gol - Sagsay Gol - Sogoogiyn Gol - Tsagaan Salaa - Turegtiin Gol - Urmogayty Nuur …and 3 more. ### Hills and mountains 4 mountains; 3 mountain passes; 1 glacier; 1 valley. - Möst Uul · 3,491 m - Prokhod Argamdzhi · 3,332 m - Potanin Glacier · 3,324 m - Tsengel Hayrhan Uul · 3,063 m - Irmegteyn Uul · 2,938 m - Belchir Davaa · 2,679 m - Elst Tolgoi · 2,662 m - Tsagaan-Obot Davaa · 2,038 m - Orogtyn Khooloi · 1,982 m ### History 1 ancient site. - Sary Böktep 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 Ulaanxus and the best time to visit In Ulaanxus, the warmest month is Jul (average 13 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-21 °C). About 158 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (38 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 3 Mar -10 5 Apr -1 8 May 5 16 Jun 12 29 Jul 13 38 Aug 11 29 Sep 4 12 Oct -3 6 Nov -12 5 Dec -19 4 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Ulaanxus Need Nearest mapped Distance Bank Khaan bank · Ulaanxus 17 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.04003&mlon=89.43891#map=17/49.04003/89.43891) Hotel Hotel Artysh · Cengel 22 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.94660&mlon=89.14350#map=17/48.94660/89.14350) School Сургууль · Sagsai 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.91228&mlon=89.64487#map=17/48.91228/89.64487) 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 Ulaanxus Places mapped inside Ulaanxus in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Banks3 - Petrol pumps1 - Hotels1 - Schools2 - Police stations1 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 - Buyant - Cengel - Delu'un - Nogoonnuur - O'lgii - Sagsai - Tolbo ## Quick answers - Where is Ulaanxus?In Bayan-Olgii Aimag, Mongolia - What borders Ulaanxus?Bugat, Cengel, Nogoonnuur and Sagsai - How many villages are in Ulaanxus?11 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Ulaanxus?Settlements lie between 1,772 m and 2,754 m - What is the highest point in Ulaanxus?Möst Uul (3,491 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Ulaanxus?June to August - Where is the nearest bank to Ulaanxus?Khaan bank, about 17 km from the centre - How many banks are in Ulaanxus?3 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Ulaanxus?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Ulaanxus?MN8334 (OCHA common operational dataset)