# Sant Soum, Ovorkhangai Aimag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/sant/

Soum · Ovorkhangai Aimag 

# Sant

Sant is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Ovorkhangai Aimag. It covers **2,626.5 km²**. Its main town is Mayhan. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here.

- 2,626km²
- 1,510 mtypical elevation

## Where is Sant?

Sant lies in [Ovorkhangai Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 7 other soums: [Bayan-O'ndor](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/bayan-o-ndor/), [Bayangol](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/bayangol/), [Erdenedalai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dundgovi/erdenedalai/), [O'lziit](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/o-lziit/), [Saixan-Ovoo](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/dundgovi/saixan-ovoo/), [Yeso'nzu'il](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/yeso-nzu-il/) and [Zu'unbayan-Ulaan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/zu-unbayan-ulaan/). By area it is the 233rd largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 4.2% of [Ovorkhangai Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/ovorkhangai/). The centre of Sant is about 311 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 94 km from Arvayheer, the main town of Ovorkhangai Aimag. The centre point is at 45.9765° N, 103.9241° E. Local names: Сант .

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 Sant

Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Sant.

- Dzeeren Hiid
- Mayhan
- Sant

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 Sant

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

### Hills and mountains

2 mountains.

- Ugetseg Uul · 1,685 m
- Ügetseg Uula · 1,685 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 Sant and the best time to visit

In Sant, the warmest month is Jul (average 20 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-17 °C). About 173 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (48 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 -17 2 

Feb -13 2 

Mar -4 3 

Apr 4 6 

May 11 13 

Jun 17 34 

Jul 20 48 

Aug 18 41 

Sep 10 14 

Oct 2 5 

Nov -7 3 

Dec -15 2 

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

## Other soums in Ovorkhangai Aimag

- Arvaixeer
- Baruunbayan-Ulaan
- Bat-O'lzii
- Bayan-O'ndor
- Bayangol
- Bogd
- Bu'rd
- Guchin-Us
- Nariinteel
- O'lziit
- Taragt
- To'grog
- Uyanga
- Xairxandulaan
- Xarxorin
- Xujirt
- Yeso'nzu'il
- Zu'unbayan-Ulaan

## Quick answers

- Where is Sant?In Ovorkhangai Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Sant?Bayan-O'ndor, Bayangol, Erdenedalai, O'lziit, Saixan-Ovoo, Yeso'nzu'il and Zu'unbayan-Ulaan
- How many villages are in Sant?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the highest point in Sant?Ugetseg Uul (1,685 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Sant?May to September
- What is the P-code of Sant?MN6237 (OCHA common operational dataset)