# Zag Soum, Bayankhongor Aimag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/zag/

Soum · Bayankhongor Aimag 

# Zag

Zag is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Bayankhongor Aimag. It covers **2,551.0 km²**. Its main town is Dzag. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2,551km²
- 2mapped services
- 2,013 mtypical elevation

## Where is Zag?

Zag lies in [Bayankhongor Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 6 other soums: [Bo'mbogor](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/bo-mbogor/), [Buucagaan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/buucagaan/), [Galuut](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/galuut/), [Gurvanbulag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/gurvanbulag/), [Jargalant](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/jargalant/) and [Xu'reemaral](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/xu-reemaral/). By area it is the 246th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 2.2% of [Bayankhongor Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/). The centre of Zag is about 597 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 149 km from Bayanhongor, the main town of Bayankhongor Aimag. The centre point is at 46.9241° N, 99.0821° E. Local names: Заг .

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 Zag

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

- Dzag
- Zag

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 Zag

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

### Water

1 river or stream.

- Dzag Gol

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 Zag and the best time to visit

In Zag, 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/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Zag

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Төрийн банк · Zag 6.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.94174&mlon=99.16544#map=17/46.94174/99.16544) 

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 Zag

Places mapped inside Zag 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 Bayankhongor Aimag

- Baacagaan
- Bayan-O'ndor
- Bayan-Ovoo
- Bayanbulag
- Bayancagaan
- Bayangovi
- Bayanlig
- Bayanxongor
- Bo'mbogor
- Bogd
- Buucagaan
- Erdenecogt
- Galuut
- Gurvanbulag
- Jargalant
- Jinst
- O'lziit
- Shinejinst
- Xu'reemaral

## Quick answers

- Where is Zag?In Bayankhongor Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Zag?Bo'mbogor, Buucagaan, Galuut, Gurvanbulag, Jargalant and Xu'reemaral
- How many villages are in Zag?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Zag?June to August
- Where is the nearest bank to Zag?Төрийн банк, about 6.6 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Zag?2 mapped
- What is the P-code of Zag?MN6446 (OCHA common operational dataset)