# Jargalant Soum, Bayankhongor Aimag – Villages & Map

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Soum · Bayankhongor Aimag 

# Jargalant

Jargalant is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Bayankhongor Aimag. It covers **4,204.5 km²**. Its main town is Jargalant. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 4,204km²
- 1mapped services
- 2,215 mtypical elevation

## Where is Jargalant?

Jargalant lies in [Bayankhongor Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 5 other soums: [Chuluut](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/chuluut/), [Galuut](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/galuut/), [Gurvanbulag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/gurvanbulag/), [Xangai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/xangai/) and [Zag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/zag/). By area it is the 131st largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 3.6% of [Bayankhongor Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/). The centre of Jargalant is about 553 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 134 km from Bayanhongor, the main town of Bayankhongor Aimag. The centre point is at 47.1276° N, 99.6013° 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 **4 villages, towns and localities** in Jargalant. Settlements here lie between about 2,206 m and 2,274 m above sea level (median 2,215 m).

- Baydaragiin Hüryee
- Baydrag
- Jargalant
- Ulaan Chuluutayn Örtöö

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.

### Water

1 lake.

- Bayan Tsagaan Nuur

### Hills and mountains

2 mountains; 1 mountain pass.

- Ger Asahanii Uula · 3,217 m
- Sümeteyn Tsatsal Uula · 2,835 m
- Hirgantayn Dabaa · 2,610 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 212 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (56 mm) and the driest Jan (2 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 2 

Feb -17 3 

Mar -9 4 

Apr 0 8 

May 6 16 

Jun 12 45 

Jul 15 56 

Aug 12 47 

Sep 6 16 

Oct -2 7 

Nov -11 4 

Dec -18 3 

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

## 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.

- Pharmacies1

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
- Bayancagaan
- Bayangovi
- Bayanlig
- Bayanxongor
- Bo'mbogor
- Bogd
- Buucagaan
- Erdenecogt
- Galuut
- Gurvanbulag
- Jinst
- O'lziit
- Shinejinst
- Xu'reemaral
- Zag

## Quick answers

- Where is Jargalant?In Bayankhongor Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Jargalant?Chuluut, Galuut, Gurvanbulag, Xangai and Zag
- How many villages are in Jargalant?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Jargalant?Settlements lie between 2,206 m and 2,274 m
- What is the highest point in Jargalant?Ger Asahanii Uula (3,217 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Jargalant?June to August
- What is the P-code of Jargalant?MN6440 (OCHA common operational dataset)