# Bayanxairxan Soum, Zavkhan Aimag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/bayanxairxan/

Soum · Zavkhan Aimag 

# Bayanxairxan

Bayanxairxan is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Zavkhan Aimag. It covers **2,594.6 km²**. Its main town is Altanbulag. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2,595km²
- 2mapped services
- 1,871 mtypical elevation

## Where is Bayanxairxan?

Bayanxairxan lies in [Zavkhan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 8 other soums: [Asgat](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/asgat/), [Bayantes](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/bayantes/), [Cecerleg](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/khovsgol/cecerleg/), [No'mrog](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/no-mrog/), [Songino](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/songino/), [Tes](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/tes/), [Tu'devtei](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/tu-devtei/) and [Zu'unxangai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/zu-unxangai/). By area it is the 238th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 3.1% of [Zavkhan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/). The centre of Bayanxairxan is about 795 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 185 km from Uliastay, the main town of Zavkhan Aimag. The centre point is at 49.3655° N, 96.2837° E. Local names: Баянхайрхан .

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 Bayanxairxan

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

- Altanbulag
- Bayankhairkhan

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 Bayanxairxan

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

### Hills and mountains

2 mountains.

- Bayan-Uul · 2,083 m
- Modon Davaa · 1,884 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 Bayanxairxan and the best time to visit

In Bayanxairxan, the warmest month is Jul (average 17 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-21 °C). About 201 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (46 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 5 

Mar -9 6 

Apr 2 9 

May 8 14 

Jun 15 31 

Jul 17 46 

Aug 14 40 

Sep 7 17 

Oct -1 10 

Nov -10 10 

Dec -18 8 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Bayanxairxan

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Khan Bank · Bayanxairxan 7.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.30736&mlon=96.34183#map=17/49.30736/96.34183) 

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 Bayanxairxan

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

- Banks2

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
- Bayantes
- 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 Bayanxairxan?In Zavkhan Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Bayanxairxan?Asgat, Bayantes, Cecerleg, No'mrog, Songino, Tes, Tu'devtei and Zu'unxangai
- How many villages are in Bayanxairxan?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the highest point in Bayanxairxan?Bayan-Uul (2,083 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Bayanxairxan?June to August
- Where is the nearest bank to Bayanxairxan?Khan Bank, about 7.7 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Bayanxairxan?2 mapped
- What is the P-code of Bayanxairxan?MN8113 (OCHA common operational dataset)