# Saixan-Ovoo Soum, Dundgovi Aimag – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dundgovi/saixan-ovoo/ Soum · Dundgovi Aimag # Saixan-Ovoo Saixan-Ovoo is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Dundgovi Aimag. It covers **4,048.6 km²**. Its main town is Ongi. 6 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 4,049km² - 2mapped services - 1,343 mtypical elevation ## Where is Saixan-Ovoo? Saixan-Ovoo lies in [Dundgovi Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dundgovi/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 6 other soums: [Bayangol](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/bayangol/), [Delgerxangai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dundgovi/delgerxangai/), [Erdenedalai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dundgovi/erdenedalai/), [Mandal-Ovoo](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/omnogovi/mandal-ovoo/), [Sant](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/sant/) and [To'grog](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/to-grog/). By area it is the 139th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 5.4% of [Dundgovi Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dundgovi/). The centre of Saixan-Ovoo is about 335 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 170 km from Mandalgovi, the main town of Dundgovi Aimag. The centre point is at 45.5684° N, 104.1028° E. Local names: Сайхан-Овоо . 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 Saixan-Ovoo Open gazetteers list **6 villages, towns and localities** in Saixan-Ovoo. Settlements here lie between about 1,220 m and 1,402 m above sea level (median 1,343 m). - Delgerehe Hiid - Hushuu Hiid - Lamaiin Hiid - Ongi - Saikhan-Ovoo - Öldzey Delgerehe Suma 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 Saixan-Ovoo Named natural and historic features inside Saixan-Ovoo, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 3 lakes. - Dashaagiin Nuur - Galtatayn Toyrim - Tombongiin Nuur ### Hills and mountains 1 mountain. - Dashaa Uul · 1,471 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 Saixan-Ovoo and the best time to visit In Saixan-Ovoo, the warmest month is Jul (average 22 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-16 °C). About 133 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (35 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 -16 2 Feb -13 2 Mar -3 3 Apr 5 5 May 12 10 Jun 19 26 Jul 22 35 Aug 19 31 Sep 12 11 Oct 3 4 Nov -7 2 Dec -15 2 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Saixan-Ovoo Need Nearest mapped Distance Hotel Secret of Ongi camp / Онгийн Нууц бааз · Saixan-Ovoo 27 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.33479&mlon=104.00864#map=17/45.33479/104.00864) 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 Saixan-Ovoo Places mapped inside Saixan-Ovoo in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hotels2 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 Dundgovi Aimag - Adaacag - Bayanjargalan - Cagaandelger - Delgercogt - Delgerxangai - Deren - Erdenedalai - Govi-Ugtaal - Gurvansaixan - Luus - O'lziit - O'ndorshil - Saintsagaan - Xuld ## Quick answers - Where is Saixan-Ovoo?In Dundgovi Aimag, Mongolia - What borders Saixan-Ovoo?Bayangol, Delgerxangai, Erdenedalai, Mandal-Ovoo, Sant and To'grog - How many villages are in Saixan-Ovoo?6 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Saixan-Ovoo?Settlements lie between 1,220 m and 1,402 m - What is the highest point in Saixan-Ovoo?Dashaa Uul (1,471 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Saixan-Ovoo?May to September - What is the P-code of Saixan-Ovoo?MN4834 (OCHA common operational dataset)