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

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

Soum · Uvs Aimag 

# Xovd

Xovd is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Uvs Aimag. It covers **2,877.1 km²**. Its main town is Höhtolgoy. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2,877km²
- 1mapped services
- 1,404 mtypical elevation

## Where is Xovd?

Xovd lies in [Uvs Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 6 other soums: [Altanco'gc](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/altanco-gc/), [Bayannuur](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/bayannuur/), [Bo'xmoron](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/bo-xmoron/), [Nogoonnuur](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/nogoonnuur/), [O'mnogovi](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/o-mnogovi/) and [Tarialan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/tarialan/). By area it is the 216th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 4.1% of [Uvs Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/). The centre of Xovd is about 1,172 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 100 km from Ulaangom, the main town of Uvs Aimag. The centre point is at 49.3650° N, 91.0499° E. Local names: Ховд .

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 Xovd

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

- Höhtolgoy
- Khovd

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 Xovd

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

### Water

2 rivers and streams; 1 lake.

- Hoylin Bulag Gol
- Shatsagay Nuur
- Urlaaga 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 Xovd and the best time to visit

In Xovd, the warmest month is Jul (average 14 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-21 °C). About 249 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (64 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 -21 4 

Feb -18 4 

Mar -10 8 

Apr -0 14 

May 5 22 

Jun 12 42 

Jul 14 64 

Aug 11 47 

Sep 5 19 

Oct -3 11 

Nov -12 9 

Dec -19 5 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Xovd

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

School Сургууль · Xovd 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.27980&mlon=90.91116#map=17/49.27980/90.91116) 

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 Xovd

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

- 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
- Malchin
- Naranbulag
- O'lgii
- O'mnogovi
- O'ndorxangai
- Sagil
- Tarialan
- Tes
- Tu'rgen
- Ulaangom
- Xyargas
- Zavxan
- Zu'ungovi
- Zu'unxangai

## Quick answers

- Where is Xovd?In Uvs Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Xovd?Altanco'gc, Bayannuur, Bo'xmoron, Nogoonnuur, O'mnogovi and Tarialan
- How many villages are in Xovd?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Xovd?June to August
- What is the P-code of Xovd?MN8549 (OCHA common operational dataset)