# Gurvantes Soum, Omnogovi Aimag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/omnogovi/gurvantes/

Soum · Omnogovi Aimag 

# Gurvantes

Gurvantes is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Omnogovi Aimag. It covers **27,964.3 km²**. Its main town is Urt. 9 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 27,964km²
- 1mapped services
- 1,716 mtypical elevation

## Where is Gurvantes?

Gurvantes lies in [Omnogovi Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/omnogovi/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 6 other soums: [Bayangovi](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/bayangovi/), [Bayanlig](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/bayanlig/), [Bogd](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/bogd/), [Noyon](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/omnogovi/noyon/), [Sevrei](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/omnogovi/sevrei/) and [Shinejinst](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayankhongor/shinejinst/). By area it is the 2nd largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 16.9% of [Omnogovi Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/omnogovi/). The centre of Gurvantes is about 698 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 299 km from Dalandzadgad, the main town of Omnogovi Aimag. The centre point is at 43.3283° N, 100.7310° E. Local names: Гурвантэс .

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 Gurvantes

Open gazetteers list **9 villages, towns and localities** in Gurvantes. The largest with a recorded population: Urt (5,000). Settlements here lie between about 1,532 m and 2,088 m above sea level (median 1,716 m).

- Baruun Goyotoyn Hiid
- Gurvan Tes salt factory
- Gurvantes
- Nariin Sukhaitiin Ord
- Obooto Hural
- Ojimin Hural
- Tost
- Tsagaan Subarga Hural
- Urt

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 Gurvantes

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

### Water

1 lake; 1 river or stream.

- Ehin Dzulaganay Gol
- Hooloyn Nuur

### Hills and mountains

7 mountains; 1 valley.

- Altan Uul · 2,055 m
- Högshö Uula · 1,745 m
- Uhur Ulaan Uul · 1,410 m
- Sarig Uula · 1,359 m
- Hongor Uula · 1,179 m
- Tsagaan Ovoonï Aarag · 1,164 m
- Hevtee Lamïn Aarag · 1,067 m
- Ar Tsagaan Tolgoy · 1,000 m

### Getting around

1 airfield.

- Ovoot

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 Gurvantes and the best time to visit

In Gurvantes, the warmest month is Jul (average 22 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-14 °C). About 82 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (20 mm) and the driest Feb (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 -14 1 

Feb -10 1 

Mar -2 3 

Apr 6 3 

May 13 7 

Jun 19 16 

Jul 22 20 

Aug 20 17 

Sep 13 9 

Oct 4 2 

Nov -5 2 

Dec -13 1 

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

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Gurvantes

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

- Restaurants1

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 Omnogovi Aimag

- Bayan-Ovoo
- Bayandalai
- Bulgan
- Cogt-Cecii
- Cogt-Ovoo
- Dalanzadgad
- Mandal-Ovoo
- Manlai
- Nomgon
- Noyon
- Sevrei
- Xanbogd
- Xanxongor
- Xu'rmen

## Quick answers

- Where is Gurvantes?In Omnogovi Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Gurvantes?Bayangovi, Bayanlig, Bogd, Noyon, Sevrei and Shinejinst
- How many villages are in Gurvantes?9 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Gurvantes?Settlements lie between 1,532 m and 2,088 m
- What is the highest point in Gurvantes?Altan Uul (2,055 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Gurvantes?May to September
- What is the P-code of Gurvantes?MN4613 (OCHA common operational dataset)