# Bayancagaan Soum, Bayankhongor Aimag – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/bayancagaan/ Soum · Bayankhongor Aimag # Bayancagaan Bayancagaan is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Bayankhongor Aimag. It covers **5,556.4 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 3 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 5,556km² - 3mapped services - 2,619 mtypical elevation ## Where is Bayancagaan? Bayancagaan lies in [Bayankhongor Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 9 other soums: [Baacagaan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/baacagaan/), [Bayan-O'ndor](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/bayan-o-ndor/), [Bayangovi](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/bayangovi/), [Buucagaan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/buucagaan/), [Chandmani](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/chandmani/), [Delger](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/delger/), [Erdene](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/erdene/), [Jinst](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/jinst/) and [Shinejinst](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/shinejinst/). By area it is the 89th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 4.8% of [Bayankhongor Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/). The centre of Bayancagaan is about 689 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 186 km from Bayanhongor, the main town of Bayankhongor Aimag. The centre point is at 45.2922° N, 98.6964° E. Local names: Баянцагаан . 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 Bayancagaan Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in Bayancagaan. - Bayantsagaan - Sümeiin 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 Bayancagaan Named natural and historic features inside Bayancagaan, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 lake. - Nogoon Nuur ### Hills and mountains 5 mountains; 1 valley. - Bayan Tsagaan Uul · 3,123 m - Tsetsen Uul · 2,699 m - Bahar Uula · 2,451 m - Bayan-Arik Uul · 2,331 m - Mt. Khuiten · 1,961 m - Utur-Dzurgan Höndiy · 1,919 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 Bayancagaan and the best time to visit In Bayancagaan, the warmest month is Jul (average 20 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-16 °C). About 107 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (25 mm) and the driest Jan (2 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **May to September**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan -16 2 Feb -12 2 Mar -4 3 Apr 5 4 May 11 8 Jun 17 24 Jul 20 25 Aug 18 23 Sep 11 10 Oct 2 3 Nov -6 2 Dec -14 2 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Bayancagaan Need Nearest mapped Distance Bank Төрийн банк · Bayancagaan 36 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.01456&mlon=98.92792#map=17/45.01456/98.92792) Petrol pump petrovis · Bayancagaan 36 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.01120&mlon=98.92803#map=17/45.01120/98.92803) 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 Bayancagaan Places mapped inside Bayancagaan in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Banks2 - Petrol pumps1 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 Bayankhongor Aimag - Baacagaan - Bayan-O'ndor - Bayan-Ovoo - Bayanbulag - Bayangovi - Bayanlig - Bayanxongor - Bo'mbogor - Bogd - Buucagaan - Erdenecogt - Galuut - Gurvanbulag - Jargalant - Jinst - O'lziit - Shinejinst - Xu'reemaral - Zag ## Quick answers - Where is Bayancagaan?In Bayankhongor Aimag, Mongolia - What borders Bayancagaan?Baacagaan, Bayan-O'ndor, Bayangovi, Buucagaan, Chandmani, Delger, Erdene, Jinst and Shinejinst - How many villages are in Bayancagaan?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the highest point in Bayancagaan?Bayan Tsagaan Uul (3,123 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Bayancagaan?May to September - Where is the nearest bank to Bayancagaan?Төрийн банк, about 36 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Bayancagaan?petrovis, about 36 km from the centre - How many banks are in Bayancagaan?2 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Bayancagaan?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Bayancagaan?MN6422 (OCHA common operational dataset)