# Airag Soum, Dornogovi Aimag – Villages, Map & Nearest Services

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/airag/

Soum · Dornogovi Aimag 

# Airag

Airag is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Dornogovi Aimag. It covers **7,469.8 km²**. Its main town is Tsagaandörvölj. 8 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 7,470km²
- 1mapped services
- 1,051 mtypical elevation

## Where is Airag?

Airag lies in [Dornogovi Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 6 other soums: [Altanshiree](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/altanshiree/), [Dalanjargalan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/dalanjargalan/), [Darxan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/hentii/darxan/), [Ix xet](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/ix-xet/), [O'ndorshil](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dundgovi/o-ndorshil/) and [Saixandulaan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/saixandulaan/). By area it is the 45th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 6.8% of [Dornogovi Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/). The centre of Airag is about 319 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 99 km from Saynshand, the main town of Dornogovi Aimag. The centre point is at 45.6393° N, 109.4488° E. Local names: Айраг .

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 Airag

Open gazetteers list **8 villages, towns and localities** in Airag. Settlements here lie between about 1,000 m and 1,112 m above sea level (median 1,051 m).

- Airag
- Büüteriin Hural
- Har-Ayrag
- Hongoriin Hoyolin Hural
- Ihjargalan
- Nüdengiin Hural
- Shine Bulagiin Hural
- Tsagaandörvölj

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 Airag

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

### Water

8 lakes.

- Dolooto Ulaan Nuur
- Dzag Nuur
- Jirgalanta Nuur
- Ongon-Ulaan Nuur
- Sayn Dobo
- Turagiin Ulaan Nuur
- Ulaan Nuur
- Öshöögiin Ulaan Nuur

### Hills and mountains

2 mountains.

- Baruun Uul · 1,051 m
- Suya Tologoy · 1,017 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 Airag and the best time to visit

In Airag, the warmest month is Jul (average 24 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-16 °C). About 130 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (34 mm) and the driest Jan (1 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 1 

Feb -13 2 

Mar -3 2 

Apr 6 5 

May 14 11 

Jun 21 23 

Jul 24 34 

Aug 21 28 

Sep 14 15 

Oct 4 5 

Nov -6 2 

Dec -15 2 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Airag

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Petrol pump Petrovis · Airag 21 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.80603&mlon=109.32465#map=17/45.80603/109.32465) 

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 Airag

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

- 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 Dornogovi Aimag

- Altanshiree
- Dalanjargalan
- Delgerex
- Erdene
- Ix xet
- Mandax
- O'rgon
- Sainshand
- Saixandulaan
- Ulaanbadrax
- Xatanbulag
- Xo'vsgol
- Zamyn U'ud

## Quick answers

- Where is Airag?In Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Airag?Altanshiree, Dalanjargalan, Darxan, Ix xet, O'ndorshil and Saixandulaan
- How many villages are in Airag?8 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Airag?Settlements lie between 1,000 m and 1,112 m
- What is the highest point in Airag?Baruun Uul (1,051 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Airag?May to September
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Airag?Petrovis, about 21 km from the centre
- How many petrol pumps are in Airag?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Airag?MN4404 (OCHA common operational dataset)