# Sainshand Soum, Dornogovi Aimag – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/sainshand/ Soum · Dornogovi Aimag # Sainshand Sainshand is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Dornogovi Aimag. It covers **2,315.7 km²**. Its main town is Saynshand. 10 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 34 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 2,316km² - 34mapped services - 932 mtypical elevation ## Where is Sainshand? Sainshand lies in [Dornogovi Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 5 other soums: [Altanshiree](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/altanshiree/), [Erdene](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/erdene/), [O'rgon](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/o-rgon/), [Saixandulaan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/saixandulaan/) and [Ulaanbadrax](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/ulaanbadrax/). By area it is the 264th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 2.1% of [Dornogovi Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornogovi/). The centre of Sainshand is about 435 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 32 km from Saynshand, the main town of Dornogovi Aimag. The centre point is at 44.6185° N, 109.9502° E. Local names: Сайншанд . 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 Sainshand Open gazetteers list **10 villages, towns and localities** in Sainshand. The largest with a recorded population: Saynshand (19,891). Settlements here lie between about 716 m and 980 m above sea level (median 932 m). - Arsayn-shand - Bayant-Uhaa - Choylingiin Hiid - Dalan Türüü - Khamariin khiid - Sainshand - Saynshand - Shariliin Hiid - Te-tsu-pan - Zuunbayan 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 Sainshand Named natural and historic features inside Sainshand, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Hills and mountains 6 mountains. - Tüshilge · 1,022 m - Gora Unegediyn-Ula · 979 m - Gora Dzeg · 946 m - Hongil Tsab Uula · 891 m - Gora Bayan-Under · 874 m - Hurïn Tsab Uul · 756 m ### Getting around 1 railway station. - Sainshand station 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 Sainshand and the best time to visit In Sainshand, the warmest month is Jul (average 26 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-15 °C). About 113 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (27 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 -15 1 Feb -11 1 Mar -1 2 Apr 8 5 May 16 10 Jun 23 20 Jul 26 27 Aug 24 25 Sep 16 14 Oct 6 5 Nov -4 2 Dec -13 1 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Sainshand Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Сум дундын нэгдсэн эмнэлэг · Sainshand 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.48491&mlon=110.03730#map=17/44.48491/110.03730) Bank Хаан банк · Sainshand 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.48707&mlon=110.03983#map=17/44.48707/110.03983) ATM ПС · Sainshand 33 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.89037&mlon=110.13039#map=17/44.89037/110.13039) Petrol pump ШТС · Sainshand 33 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.88577&mlon=110.13834#map=17/44.88577/110.13834) Hotel Hotel Ikh Soyon · Sainshand 34 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.89146&mlon=110.13521#map=17/44.89146/110.13521) Mall Алтанговь · Sainshand 34 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.89170&mlon=110.13953#map=17/44.89170/110.13953) School Дорноговь Сайншанд нэгдүгээр сургууль · Sainshand 34 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.89497&mlon=110.14522#map=17/44.89497/110.14522) Police station Цагдаагийн газар · Sainshand 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.48631&mlon=110.03868#map=17/44.48631/110.03868) 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 Sainshand Places mapped inside Sainshand in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hospitals4 - Banks8 - ATMs3 - Petrol pumps5 - Hotels6 - Shopping malls1 - Schools1 - Restaurants4 - Police stations2 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 - Airag - Altanshiree - Dalanjargalan - Delgerex - Erdene - Ix xet - Mandax - O'rgon - Saixandulaan - Ulaanbadrax - Xatanbulag - Xo'vsgol - Zamyn U'ud ## Quick answers - Where is Sainshand?In Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia - What borders Sainshand?Altanshiree, Erdene, O'rgon, Saixandulaan and Ulaanbadrax - How many villages are in Sainshand?10 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Sainshand?Settlements lie between 716 m and 980 m - What is the highest point in Sainshand?Tüshilge (1,022 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Sainshand?May to September - Where is the nearest hospital to Sainshand?Сум дундын нэгдсэн эмнэлэг, about 16 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Sainshand?Хаан банк, about 16 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Sainshand?ПС, about 33 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Sainshand?ШТС, about 33 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Sainshand?4 mapped - How many banks are in Sainshand?8 mapped - How many ATMs are in Sainshand?3 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Sainshand?5 mapped - What is the P-code of Sainshand?MN4401 (OCHA common operational dataset)