# Orxon Soum, Selenge Aimag – Villages, Map & Nearest Services > Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/selenge/orxon/ Soum · Selenge Aimag # Orxon Orxon is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Selenge Aimag. It covers **1,301.6 km²**. Its main town is Nart. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 1,302km² - 1mapped services - 776 mtypical elevation ## Where is Orxon? Orxon lies in [Selenge Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/selenge/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 7 other soums: [Baruunbu'ren](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/selenge/baruunbu-ren/), [Bayangol](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/selenge/bayangol/), [Jargalant](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/to-v/jargalant/), [Orxontuul](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/selenge/orxontuul/), [Saixan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/selenge/saixan/), [Sant](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/selenge/sant/) and [Su'mber](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/to-v/su-mber/). By area it is the 293rd largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 3.1% of [Selenge Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/selenge/). The centre of Orxon is about 166 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 143 km from Sühbaatar, the main town of Selenge Aimag. The centre point is at 49.0504° N, 105.4267° E. Local names: Орхон . 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 Orxon Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Orxon. - Belendalai - Nart - Orkhon - Shir 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 Orxon Named natural and historic features inside Orxon, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 2 rivers and streams. - Budun Gol - Ibing Gol ### Hills and mountains 2 mountains. - Bayutu Ovoo Uul · 1,028 m - Öndör Bor · 1,010 m ### Getting around 1 railway station. - Belendalai Station 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 Orxon and the best time to visit In Orxon, the warmest month is Jul (average 20 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-19 °C). About 310 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Aug (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 -5 7 Apr 4 13 May 11 34 Jun 18 52 Jul 20 69 Aug 18 70 Sep 10 32 Oct 1 13 Nov -9 9 Dec -17 5 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Orxon Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Сум дундын нэгдсэн эмнэлэг · Orxon 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.09328&mlon=105.55241#map=17/49.09328/105.55241) Bank Trade and development bank · Saixan 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.09709&mlon=105.55206#map=17/49.09709/105.55206) ATM "Хаан Банк" Хас Банк" АТМ · Saixan 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.09697&mlon=105.55259#map=17/49.09697/105.55259) Petrol pump "Шунхлай" шатахуун түгээх газар · Saixan 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.10382&mlon=105.55065#map=17/49.10382/105.55065) Hotel Chinbayars home · Saixan 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.09555&mlon=105.55596#map=17/49.09555/105.55596) School Хөтөл ЕББДСургууль · Saixan 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.09716&mlon=105.55004#map=17/49.09716/105.55004) Police station Эрүүлжүүлэх байр · Saixan 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.09355&mlon=105.55392#map=17/49.09355/105.55392) 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 Orxon Places mapped inside Orxon in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hospitals1 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 Selenge Aimag - Altanbulag - Baruunbu'ren - Bayangol - Cagaannuur - Javxlant - Mandal - Orxontuul - Saixan - Sant - Shaamar - Su'xbaatar - Tu'shig - Xu'der - Xushaat - Yero'o - Zu'unburen ## Quick answers - Where is Orxon?In Selenge Aimag, Mongolia - What borders Orxon?Baruunbu'ren, Bayangol, Jargalant, Orxontuul, Saixan, Sant and Su'mber - How many villages are in Orxon?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the highest point in Orxon?Bayutu Ovoo Uul (1,028 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Orxon?May to September - Where is the nearest hospital to Orxon?Сум дундын нэгдсэн эмнэлэг, about 10 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Orxon?Trade and development bank, about 11 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Orxon?"Хаан Банк" Хас Банк" АТМ, about 11 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Orxon?"Шунхлай" шатахуун түгээх газар, about 11 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Orxon?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Orxon?MN4325 (OCHA common operational dataset)