# Baruunturuun Soum, Uvs Aimag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/baruunturuun/

Soum · Uvs Aimag 

# Baruunturuun

Baruunturuun is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Uvs Aimag. It covers **3,220.2 km²**. Its main town is Baruunturuun. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 5 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 3,220km²
- 5mapped services
- 1,361 mtypical elevation

## Where is Baruunturuun?

Baruunturuun lies in [Uvs Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 7 other soums: [Bayantes](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/bayantes/), [Cagaanxairxan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/cagaanxairxan/), [O'ndorxangai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/o-ndorxangai/), [Tes](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/tes/), [Xyargas](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/xyargas/), [Zu'ungovi](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/zu-ungovi/) and [Zu'unxangai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/zu-unxangai/). By area it is the 195th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 4.6% of [Uvs Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/). The centre of Baruunturuun is about 903 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 202 km from Ulaangom, the main town of Uvs Aimag. The centre point is at 49.7955° N, 94.8685° E. Local names: Баруунтуруун .

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 Baruunturuun

Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in Baruunturuun.

- Baruunturuun
- Öndörhangay-Sum

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 Baruunturuun

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

### Water

1 lake; 1 river or stream.

- Dzüün Türüü Gol
- Tsagaan Nuur

### Getting around

1 airfield.

- Baruunturuun Sum

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 Baruunturuun and the best time to visit

In Baruunturuun, the warmest month is Jul (average 20 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-19 °C). About 218 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (49 mm) and the driest Jan (5 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **May to August**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan -19 5 

Feb -16 6 

Mar -6 8 

Apr 4 12 

May 10 18 

Jun 17 31 

Jul 20 49 

Aug 17 37 

Sep 10 20 

Oct 1 12 

Nov -8 12 

Dec -16 9 

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

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Baruunturuun

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

- Banks2
- Petrol pumps2
- 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 Uvs Aimag

- Bo'xmoron
- Cagaanxairxan
- Davst
- Malchin
- Naranbulag
- O'lgii
- O'mnogovi
- O'ndorxangai
- Sagil
- Tarialan
- Tes
- Tu'rgen
- Ulaangom
- Xovd
- Xyargas
- Zavxan
- Zu'ungovi
- Zu'unxangai

## Quick answers

- Where is Baruunturuun?In Uvs Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Baruunturuun?Bayantes, Cagaanxairxan, O'ndorxangai, Tes, Xyargas, Zu'ungovi and Zu'unxangai
- How many villages are in Baruunturuun?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Baruunturuun?May to August
- How many banks are in Baruunturuun?2 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Baruunturuun?2 mapped
- What is the P-code of Baruunturuun?MN8504 (OCHA common operational dataset)