# Dashinchilen Soum, Bulgan Aimag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bulgan/dashinchilen/

Soum · Bulgan Aimag 

# Dashinchilen

Dashinchilen is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Bulgan Aimag. It covers **2,317.1 km²**. Its main town is Dashinchilling. 9 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2,317km²
- 1mapped services
- 1,148 mtypical elevation

## Where is Dashinchilen?

Dashinchilen lies in [Bulgan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bulgan/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 8 other soums: [Bayannuur](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bulgan/bayannuur/), [Bu'regxangai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bulgan/bu-regxangai/), [Erdenesant](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/to-v/erdenesant/), [Gurvanbulag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bulgan/gurvanbulag/), [O'ndorshireet](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/to-v/o-ndorshireet/), [Rashaant](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bulgan/rashaant/), [Xishig-O'ndor](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bulgan/xishig-o-ndor/) and [Zaamar](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/to-v/zaamar/). By area it is the 263rd largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 4.8% of [Bulgan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bulgan/). The centre of Dashinchilen is about 211 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 113 km from Bulgan, the main town of Bulgan Aimag. The centre point is at 47.8587° N, 104.0505° E. Local names: Дашинчилэн .

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 Dashinchilen

Open gazetteers list **9 villages, towns and localities** in Dashinchilen. The largest with a recorded population: Dashinchilling (2,300). Settlements here lie between about 1,016 m and 1,232 m above sea level (median 1,148 m).

- Dalan Hural
- Dashinchilen
- Dashinchilling
- Dashinchilling Sum
- Hadasan
- Süüjiin Horshoo
- Taryaatayn Otog Hural
- Tsoohoriin Hural
- Tüdeb Guunii Hüryee

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 Dashinchilen

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

### Water

1 lake; 1 river or stream.

- Ih Tsagaan Nuur
- Malangin Gol

### Hills and mountains

2 mountains.

- Dugang Harata Uul · 1,380 m
- Dorgontu Uul · 1,196 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 Dashinchilen and the best time to visit

In Dashinchilen, the warmest month is Jul (average 20 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-18 °C). About 271 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (70 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 -18 2 

Feb -14 3 

Mar -5 7 

Apr 4 10 

May 10 23 

Jun 17 49 

Jul 20 70 

Aug 17 62 

Sep 10 24 

Oct 1 11 

Nov -8 6 

Dec -16 3 

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

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Dashinchilen

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

- Restaurants1

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 Bulgan Aimag

- Bayan agt
- Bayannuur
- Bu'regxangai
- Bugat
- Bulgan
- Gurvanbulag
- Mogod
- Orxon
- Rashaant
- Saixan
- Selenge
- Teshig
- Xangal
- Xishig-O'ndor
- Xutag-O'ndor

## Quick answers

- Where is Dashinchilen?In Bulgan Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Dashinchilen?Bayannuur, Bu'regxangai, Erdenesant, Gurvanbulag, O'ndorshireet, Rashaant, Xishig-O'ndor and Zaamar
- How many villages are in Dashinchilen?9 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Dashinchilen?Settlements lie between 1,016 m and 1,232 m
- What is the highest point in Dashinchilen?Dugang Harata Uul (1,380 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Dashinchilen?May to September
- What is the P-code of Dashinchilen?MN6319 (OCHA common operational dataset)