# Mandax Soum, Dornogovi Aimag – Villages & Map

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

Soum · Dornogovi Aimag 

# Mandax

Mandax is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Dornogovi Aimag. It covers **12,677.4 km²**. Its main town is Töhöm. 13 named villages and localities are recorded here.

- 12,677km²
- 1,200 mtypical elevation

## Where is Mandax?

Mandax lies in [Dornogovi Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 8 other soums: [Manlai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/omnogovi/manlai/), [O'lziit](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dundgovi/o-lziit/), [O'ndorshil](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dundgovi/o-ndorshil/), [Saixandulaan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/saixandulaan/), [Ulaanbadrax](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/ulaanbadrax/), [Xanbogd](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/omnogovi/xanbogd/), [Xatanbulag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/xatanbulag/) and [Xo'vsgol](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/xo-vsgol/). By area it is the 16th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 11.6% of [Dornogovi Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/). The centre of Mandax is about 432 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 152 km from Saynshand, the main town of Dornogovi Aimag. The centre point is at 44.1822° N, 108.4653° E. Local names: Мандах .

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 Mandax

Open gazetteers list **13 villages, towns and localities** in Mandax. Settlements here lie between about 892 m and 1,312 m above sea level (median 1,200 m).

- Dzalaata
- Eligen Hural
- Hashat
- Honichin Hural
- Mandakh
- Nardn
- Shüteen Hiid
- Suikhent bag
- Süüji Hiid
- Töhöm
- Uula Hiid
- Uurtsag Hural
- Ölögey Hiid

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 Mandax

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

### Water

3 lakes.

- Bulangiin Honhor Nuur
- Gashuun Nuur
- Shaadzan Nuur

### Hills and mountains

2 mountains.

- Bogdo Uula · 1,261 m
- Bogd Uul · 988 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 Mandax and the best time to visit

In Mandax, the warmest month is Jul (average 26 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-14 °C). About 120 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (28 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 -14 1 

Feb -9 1 

Mar -0 2 

Apr 9 5 

May 16 11 

Jun 23 21 

Jul 26 28 

Aug 24 25 

Sep 16 16 

Oct 6 6 

Nov -3 2 

Dec -12 2 

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

## Other soums in Dornogovi Aimag

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

## Quick answers

- Where is Mandax?In Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Mandax?Manlai, O'lziit, O'ndorshil, Saixandulaan, Ulaanbadrax, Xanbogd, Xatanbulag and Xo'vsgol
- How many villages are in Mandax?13 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Mandax?Settlements lie between 892 m and 1,312 m
- What is the highest point in Mandax?Bogdo Uula (1,261 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Mandax?May to September
- What is the P-code of Mandax?MN4422 (OCHA common operational dataset)