# Bayantes Soum, Zavkhan Aimag – Villages & Map

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Soum · Zavkhan Aimag 

# Bayantes

Bayantes is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Zavkhan Aimag. It covers **4,398.4 km²**. Its main town is Altay. 7 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 4,398km²
- 1mapped services
- 1,474 mtypical elevation

## Where is Bayantes?

Bayantes lies in [Zavkhan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 5 other soums: [Asgat](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/asgat/), [Baruunturuun](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/baruunturuun/), [Bayanxairxan](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/bayanxairxan/), [Cecerleg](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/khovsgol/cecerleg/) and [Tes](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/tes/). By area it is the 125th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 5.3% of [Zavkhan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/). The centre of Bayantes is about 799 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 229 km from Uliastay, the main town of Zavkhan Aimag. The centre point is at 49.7708° N, 96.3342° E. Local names: Баянтэс .

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 Bayantes

Open gazetteers list **7 villages, towns and localities** in Bayantes. Settlements here lie between about 1,341 m and 1,561 m above sea level (median 1,474 m).

- Altay
- Arts Suuriin Boomt
- Bayantes
- Dzaygal Hiid
- Gandan Hüryee
- Hetseegiin Hiid
- Mogoyn Hüryee

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 Bayantes

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

### Water

5 rivers and streams.

- Dzaygal-Gol
- Hos Gol
- Höhö Gol
- Kachik
- Tsergiyn 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 Bayantes and the best time to visit

In Bayantes, the warmest month is Jul (average 15 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-23 °C). About 290 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (60 mm) and the driest Jan (7 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 -23 7 

Feb -20 8 

Mar -12 11 

Apr -1 17 

May 5 21 

Jun 12 40 

Jul 15 60 

Aug 12 47 

Sep 5 26 

Oct -3 19 

Nov -13 17 

Dec -21 13 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Bayantes

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Төрийн банк · Bayantes 7.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.70272&mlon=96.36338#map=17/49.70272/96.36338) 

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 Bayantes

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

- Banks1

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 Zavkhan Aimag

- Aldarxaan
- Asgat
- Bayanxairxan
- Cagaanchuluut
- Cagaanxairxan
- Cecen-Uul
- Do'rvoljin
- Erdenexairxan
- Ider
- Ix-Uul
- No'mrog
- Otgon
- Santmargac
- Shilu'ustei
- Songino
- Telmen
- Tes
- Tosoncengel
- Tu'devtei
- Uliastai
- Urgamal
- Yaruu
- Zavxanmandal

## Quick answers

- Where is Bayantes?In Zavkhan Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Bayantes?Asgat, Baruunturuun, Bayanxairxan, Cecerleg and Tes
- How many villages are in Bayantes?7 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Bayantes?Settlements lie between 1,341 m and 1,561 m
- What is the best time to visit Bayantes?June to August
- Where is the nearest bank to Bayantes?Төрийн банк, about 7.9 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Bayantes?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Bayantes?MN8110 (OCHA common operational dataset)