# Biger Soum, Govi-Altai Aimag – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/biger/ Soum · Govi-Altai Aimag # Biger Biger is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Govi-Altai Aimag. It covers **3,833.3 km²**. Its main town is Jargalant. 5 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 5 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 3,833km² - 5mapped services - 1,352 mtypical elevation ## Where is Biger? Biger lies in [Govi-Altai Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 6 other soums: [Chandmani](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/chandmani/), [Cogt](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/cogt/), [Delger](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/delger/), [Erdene](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/erdene/), [Xaliun](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/xaliun/) and [Yeso'nbulag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/yeso-nbulag/). By area it is the 153rd largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 2.7% of [Govi-Altai Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/). The centre of Biger is about 778 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 101 km from Altai, the main town of Govi-Altai Aimag. The centre point is at 45.7179° N, 97.1633° E. Local names: Бигэр . 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 Biger Open gazetteers list **5 villages, towns and localities** in Biger. Settlements here lie between about 1,328 m and 1,470 m above sea level (median 1,352 m). - Bayan Buuraliin Hüryee - Biger - Jargalant - Jirgalantayn Datsang - Tergetiin Bayshing 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 Biger Named natural and historic features inside Biger, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 lake. - Beger Nuur ### Hills and mountains 2 mountains. - Bayan Ondor Ovoo Uul · 2,909 m - Seph Uul · 2,876 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 Biger and the best time to visit In Biger, the warmest month is Jul (average 17 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-17 °C). About 112 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jun (26 mm) and the driest Jan (2 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **June to August**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan -17 2 Feb -13 2 Mar -6 3 Apr 3 5 May 8 9 Jun 15 26 Jul 17 24 Aug 15 22 Sep 8 9 Oct 0 5 Nov -8 3 Dec -15 2 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Biger Need Nearest mapped Distance Bank Төрийн банк · Biger 1.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.70972&mlon=97.17506#map=17/45.70972/97.17506) Petrol pump Петровис · Biger 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.70324&mlon=97.18069#map=17/45.70324/97.18069) Hotel Small Guesthouse · Biger 1.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.70777&mlon=97.17625#map=17/45.70777/97.17625) School Сургууль · Biger 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.70775&mlon=97.17793#map=17/45.70775/97.17793) 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 Biger Places mapped inside Biger in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Banks2 - Petrol pumps1 - Hotels1 - Schools1 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 Govi-Altai Aimag - Altai - Bayan-Uul - Bugat - Ceel - Chandmani - Cogt - Darvi - Delger - Erdene - Jargalan - Sharga - Taishir - To'grog - Tonkhil - Xaliun - Xo'xmorit - Yeso'nbulag ## Quick answers - Where is Biger?In Govi-Altai Aimag, Mongolia - What borders Biger?Chandmani, Cogt, Delger, Erdene, Xaliun and Yeso'nbulag - How many villages are in Biger?5 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Biger?Settlements lie between 1,328 m and 1,470 m - What is the highest point in Biger?Bayan Ondor Ovoo Uul (2,909 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Biger?June to August - Where is the nearest bank to Biger?Төрийн банк, about 1.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Biger?Петровис, about 2.1 km from the centre - How many banks are in Biger?2 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Biger?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Biger?MN8210 (OCHA common operational dataset)