# Zavxan Soum, Uvs Aimag – Villages, Map & Nearest Services > Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/zavxan/ Soum · Uvs Aimag # Zavxan Zavxan is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Uvs Aimag. It covers **6,913.4 km²**. Its main town is Sharbulag. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 5 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 6,913km² - 5mapped services - 1,046 mtypical elevation ## Where is Zavxan? Zavxan lies in [Uvs Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 8 other soums: [Cagaanxairxan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/cagaanxairxan/), [Do'rgon](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/khovd/do-rgon/), [Do'rvoljin](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/do-rvoljin/), [Malchin](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/malchin/), [Naranbulag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/naranbulag/), [O'lgii](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/o-lgii/), [Urgamal](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/urgamal/) and [Xyargas](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/xyargas/). By area it is the 60th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 9.9% of [Uvs Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/). The centre of Zavxan is about 1,015 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 148 km from Ulaangom, the main town of Uvs Aimag. The centre point is at 48.8723° N, 93.1957° E. Local names: Завхан . 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 Zavxan Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Zavxan. - Hunhata-Örtöö - Sharbulag - Zavkhan 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 Zavxan Named natural and historic features inside Zavxan, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 3 lakes; 3 rivers and streams. - Ayrag Nuur - Dzavhan Gol - Dzeeriin Nuur - Hyargas Nuur - Hüngiy Gol - Setetiin Gol ### Hills and mountains 3 mountains. - Unegetin Uul · 1,283 m - Gelbun Uul · 1,279 m - Baba Uul · 1,197 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 Zavxan and the best time to visit In Zavxan, the warmest month is Jul (average 22 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-19 °C). About 142 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (37 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 -19 2 Feb -15 3 Mar -3 4 Apr 7 7 May 13 12 Jun 20 23 Jul 22 37 Aug 19 27 Sep 12 11 Oct 4 6 Nov -7 5 Dec -16 4 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Zavxan Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Эмнэлэг · Zavxan 9.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.82050&mlon=93.09868#map=17/48.82050/93.09868) Bank State Bank · Zavxan 8.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.82288&mlon=93.10183#map=17/48.82288/93.10183) Petrol pump ШТС · Zavxan 9.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.82327&mlon=93.09680#map=17/48.82327/93.09680) School Сургууль · Zavxan 9.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.82215&mlon=93.09974#map=17/48.82215/93.09974) 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 Zavxan Places mapped inside Zavxan in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hospitals1 - Banks2 - Petrol pumps1 - 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 - Xovd - Xyargas - Zu'ungovi - Zu'unxangai ## Quick answers - Where is Zavxan?In Uvs Aimag, Mongolia - What borders Zavxan?Cagaanxairxan, Do'rgon, Do'rvoljin, Malchin, Naranbulag, O'lgii, Urgamal and Xyargas - How many villages are in Zavxan?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the highest point in Zavxan?Unegetin Uul (1,283 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Zavxan?May to September - Where is the nearest hospital to Zavxan?Эмнэлэг, about 9.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Zavxan?State Bank, about 8.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Zavxan?ШТС, about 9.1 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Zavxan?1 mapped - How many banks are in Zavxan?2 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Zavxan?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Zavxan?MN8513 (OCHA common operational dataset)