# Ceel Soum, Govi-Altai Aimag – Villages, Map & Nearest Services

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/ceel/

Soum · Govi-Altai Aimag 

# Ceel

Ceel is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Govi-Altai Aimag. It covers **5,599.1 km²**. Its main town is Tseel. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 5 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 5,599km²
- 5mapped services
- 2,080 mtypical elevation

## Where is Ceel?

Ceel lies in [Govi-Altai Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 4 other soums: [Altai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/altai/), [Cogt](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/cogt/), [To'grog](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/to-grog/) and [Xaliun](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/xaliun/). By area it is the 87th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 4.0% of [Govi-Altai Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/govi-altai/). The centre of Ceel is about 905 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 120 km from Altai, the main town of Govi-Altai Aimag. The centre point is at 45.4023° N, 95.5916° E. Local names: Цээл .

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 Ceel

Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Ceel. Settlements here lie between about 1,879 m and 2,112 m above sea level (median 2,080 m).

- Bayangol
- Shara Belchiriin Bayshing
- Tseel

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 Ceel

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

### Water

1 lake; 1 river or stream.

- Buur Nuur
- Hujirtayn Gol

### Hills and mountains

4 mountains.

- Dayan Uul · 2,593 m
- Buural Hayrhan · 2,432 m
- Dzalaa Oroy · 2,391 m
- Hutsa Hayrhan Uula · 1,946 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 Ceel and the best time to visit

In Ceel, the warmest month is Jul (average 18 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-17 °C). About 131 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jun (29 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 3 

Mar -5 4 

Apr 3 7 

May 9 12 

Jun 16 29 

Jul 18 26 

Aug 16 25 

Sep 9 10 

Oct 1 6 

Nov -8 4 

Dec -15 3 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Ceel

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Khan Bank · Ceel 28 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.56682&mlon=95.86547#map=17/45.56682/95.86547) 

School Цэцэрлэг · Ceel 28 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.56334&mlon=95.86408#map=17/45.56334/95.86408) 

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 Ceel

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

- Banks2
- Schools2
- Dental clinics1

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
- Biger
- Bugat
- Chandmani
- Cogt
- Darvi
- Delger
- Erdene
- Jargalan
- Sharga
- Taishir
- To'grog
- Tonkhil
- Xaliun
- Xo'xmorit
- Yeso'nbulag

## Quick answers

- Where is Ceel?In Govi-Altai Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Ceel?Altai, Cogt, To'grog and Xaliun
- How many villages are in Ceel?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Ceel?Settlements lie between 1,879 m and 2,112 m
- What is the highest point in Ceel?Dayan Uul (2,593 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Ceel?June to August
- Where is the nearest bank to Ceel?Khan Bank, about 28 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Ceel?2 mapped
- What is the P-code of Ceel?MN8243 (OCHA common operational dataset)