# Malchin Soum, Uvs Aimag – Villages, Map & Nearest Services

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

Soum · Uvs Aimag 

# Malchin

Malchin is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Uvs Aimag. It covers **4,006.9 km²**. Its main town is Tsalgar. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 5 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 4,007km²
- 5mapped services
- 1,380 mtypical elevation

## Where is Malchin?

Malchin lies in [Uvs Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 6 other soums: [Davst](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/davst/), [Naranbulag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/naranbulag/), [Tes](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/tes/), [Xyargas](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/xyargas/), [Zavxan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/zavxan/) and [Zu'ungovi](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/zu-ungovi/). By area it is the 144th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 5.8% of [Uvs Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/). The centre of Malchin is about 1,015 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 91 km from Ulaangom, the main town of Uvs Aimag. The centre point is at 49.7439° N, 93.2837° E. Local names: Малчин .

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 Malchin

Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Malchin. Settlements here lie between about 1,237 m and 1,516 m above sea level (median 1,380 m).

- Gederegiin-Örtöö
- Malchin
- Tsagaan Burgaasa Örtöö
- Tsalgar

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 Malchin

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

### Water

2 rivers and streams.

- Baruun Turuun Gol
- Hangiltsag Gol

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 Malchin and the best time to visit

In Malchin, the warmest month is Jul (average 18 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-20 °C). About 213 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (51 mm) and the driest Jan (4 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **June to August**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan -20 4 

Feb -17 5 

Mar -7 8 

Apr 3 13 

May 9 19 

Jun 16 33 

Jul 18 51 

Aug 15 37 

Sep 8 18 

Oct 0 11 

Nov -10 10 

Dec -18 6 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Malchin

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Банк · Malchin 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.72764&mlon=93.26792#map=17/49.72764/93.26792) 

Petrol pump ШТС · Malchin 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.72856&mlon=93.26931#map=17/49.72856/93.26931) 

School Сургууль · Malchin 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.72871&mlon=93.26589#map=17/49.72871/93.26589) 

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 Malchin

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

- Banks1
- Petrol pumps3
- 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

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

## Quick answers

- Where is Malchin?In Uvs Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Malchin?Davst, Naranbulag, Tes, Xyargas, Zavxan and Zu'ungovi
- How many villages are in Malchin?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Malchin?Settlements lie between 1,237 m and 1,516 m
- What is the best time to visit Malchin?June to August
- Where is the nearest bank to Malchin?Банк, about 2.1 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Malchin?ШТС, about 2.0 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Malchin?1 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Malchin?3 mapped
- What is the P-code of Malchin?MN8522 (OCHA common operational dataset)