# Bayan-Ovoo Soum, Hentii Aimag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/hentii/bayan-ovoo/

Soum · Hentii Aimag 

# Bayan-Ovoo

Bayan-Ovoo is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Hentii Aimag. It covers **3,373.7 km²**. Its main town is Javhlant. 6 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 4 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 3,374km²
- 4mapped services
- 951 mtypical elevation

## Where is Bayan-Ovoo?

Bayan-Ovoo lies in [Hentii Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/hentii/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 6 other soums: [Batnorov](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/hentii/batnorov/), [Bayanxutag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/hentii/bayanxutag/), [Mo'nxxaan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/sukhbaatar/mo-nxxaan/), [Norovlin](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/hentii/norovlin/), [Tu'mencogt](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/sukhbaatar/tu-mencogt/) and [Xo'lonbuir](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dornod/xo-lonbuir/). By area it is the 185th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 4.2% of [Hentii Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/hentii/). The centre of Bayan-Ovoo is about 380 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 108 km from Undurkhaan, the main town of Hentii Aimag. The centre point is at 47.7249° N, 111.9656° E. Local names: Баян-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 Bayan-Ovoo

Open gazetteers list **6 villages, towns and localities** in Bayan-Ovoo. Settlements here lie between about 919 m and 1,008 m above sea level (median 951 m).

- Bayan Ovoo
- Dagaliin Hiid
- Daltayn Hiid
- Javhlant
- Jibhalantay Hiid
- Sumber bag

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 Bayan-Ovoo

Named natural and historic features inside Bayan-Ovoo, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

1 lake.

- Gürniy Nuur

### Hills and mountains

4 mountains.

- Bayan Uul · 1,162 m
- Ögöömör · 1,050 m
- Bayan Tsagaan · 1,016 m
- Höhö Öndör · 984 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 Bayan-Ovoo and the best time to visit

In Bayan-Ovoo, the warmest month is Jul (average 21 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-19 °C). About 271 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (70 mm) and the driest Jan (3 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 -19 3 

Feb -16 4 

Mar -6 6 

Apr 3 10 

May 11 25 

Jun 18 52 

Jul 21 70 

Aug 18 49 

Sep 11 28 

Oct 1 12 

Nov -9 7 

Dec -17 5 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Bayan-Ovoo

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Khan Bank · Bayan-Ovoo 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.78716&mlon=112.11542#map=17/47.78716/112.11542) 

Hotel Баян гүрэм кэмп · Bayan-Ovoo 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.81432&mlon=112.13842#map=17/47.81432/112.13842) 

School ЕБС · Bayan-Ovoo 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.78837&mlon=112.11242#map=17/47.78837/112.11242) 

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 Bayan-Ovoo

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

- Banks1
- Hotels2
- 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 Hentii Aimag

- Batnorov
- Batshireet
- Bayan-Adraga
- Bayanmo'nx
- Bayanxutag
- Binder
- Bor-Ondor
- Cenxermandal
- Dadal
- Darxan
- Delgerxaan
- Galshir
- Jargaltxaan
- Mo'ron
- Norovlin
- O'mnodelger
- Xerlen

## Quick answers

- Where is Bayan-Ovoo?In Hentii Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Bayan-Ovoo?Batnorov, Bayanxutag, Mo'nxxaan, Norovlin, Tu'mencogt and Xo'lonbuir
- How many villages are in Bayan-Ovoo?6 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Bayan-Ovoo?Settlements lie between 919 m and 1,008 m
- What is the highest point in Bayan-Ovoo?Bayan Uul (1,162 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Bayan-Ovoo?May to September
- Where is the nearest bank to Bayan-Ovoo?Khan Bank, about 13 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Bayan-Ovoo?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Bayan-Ovoo?MN2316 (OCHA common operational dataset)