# Rashaant Soum, Bulgan Aimag – Villages, Map & Nearest Services

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

Soum · Bulgan Aimag 

# Rashaant

Rashaant is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Bulgan Aimag. It covers **978.7 km²**. Its main town is Ulaanshiveet. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 9 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 979km²
- 9mapped services
- 1,308 mtypical elevation

## Where is Rashaant?

Rashaant lies in [Bulgan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bulgan/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 5 other soums: [Bu'rd](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/bu-rd/), [Dashinchilen](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bulgan/dashinchilen/), [Erdenesant](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/to-v/erdenesant/), [Gurvanbulag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bulgan/gurvanbulag/) and [Xashaat](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/arxangai/xashaat/). By area it is the 304th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 2.0% of [Bulgan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bulgan/). The centre of Rashaant is about 231 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 157 km from Bulgan, the main town of Bulgan Aimag. The centre point is at 47.4223° N, 103.8874° E. Local names: Рашаант .

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 Rashaant

Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Rashaant. Settlements here lie between about 1,272 m and 1,375 m above sea level (median 1,308 m).

- Högönö-Taranaiin-Hüree
- Rashaant
- Ulaanshiveet

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).

## Weather in Rashaant and the best time to visit

In Rashaant, the warmest month is Jul (average 20 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-17 °C). About 254 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (64 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 -17 2 

Feb -14 3 

Mar -5 7 

Apr 4 10 

May 10 21 

Jun 17 47 

Jul 20 64 

Aug 17 57 

Sep 10 21 

Oct 1 10 

Nov -7 7 

Dec -15 3 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Rashaant

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Khan Bank · Rashaant 7.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.37336&mlon=103.94752#map=17/47.37336/103.94752) 

Petrol pump Петровис · Rashaant 7.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.36832&mlon=103.93900#map=17/47.36832/103.93900) 

Hotel Алтан Зам · Rashaant 6.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.36859&mlon=103.88844#map=17/47.36859/103.88844) 

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 Rashaant

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

- Banks1
- Petrol pumps1
- Hotels3
- Restaurants4

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
- Dashinchilen
- Gurvanbulag
- Mogod
- Orxon
- Saixan
- Selenge
- Teshig
- Xangal
- Xishig-O'ndor
- Xutag-O'ndor

## Quick answers

- Where is Rashaant?In Bulgan Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Rashaant?Bu'rd, Dashinchilen, Erdenesant, Gurvanbulag and Xashaat
- How many villages are in Rashaant?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Rashaant?Settlements lie between 1,272 m and 1,375 m
- What is the best time to visit Rashaant?May to September
- Where is the nearest bank to Rashaant?Khan Bank, about 7.1 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Rashaant?Петровис, about 7.1 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Rashaant?1 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Rashaant?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Rashaant?MN6328 (OCHA common operational dataset)