# Erdenexairxan Soum, Zavkhan Aimag – Villages & Map

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

Soum · Zavkhan Aimag 

# Erdenexairxan

Erdenexairxan is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Zavkhan Aimag. It covers **4,171.5 km²**. Its main town is Altan. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 4,172km²
- 1mapped services
- 1,913 mtypical elevation

## Where is Erdenexairxan?

Erdenexairxan lies in [Zavkhan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 5 other soums: [Cecen-Uul](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/cecen-uul/), [Do'rvoljin](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/do-rvoljin/), [Tu'devtei](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/tu-devtei/), [Yaruu](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/yaruu/) and [Zavxanmandal](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/zavxanmandal/). By area it is the 133rd largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 5.1% of [Zavkhan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/). The centre of Erdenexairxan is about 814 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 82 km from Uliastay, the main town of Zavkhan Aimag. The centre point is at 48.1668° N, 95.9366° E. Local names: Эрдэнэхайрхан .

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 Erdenexairxan

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

- Altan
- Erdenekhairkhan

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 Erdenexairxan

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

### Water

2 lakes.

- Baga Nuur
- Har Nuur

### Hills and mountains

2 mountains.

- Tobhata Uul · 2,458 m
- Ih Bayan Ayrag · 1,971 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 Erdenexairxan and the best time to visit

In Erdenexairxan, the warmest month is Jul (average 17 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-20 °C). About 191 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (46 mm) and the driest Jan (3 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 3 

Feb -17 5 

Mar -8 5 

Apr 2 9 

May 8 15 

Jun 15 33 

Jul 17 46 

Aug 14 39 

Sep 7 16 

Oct -1 8 

Nov -10 7 

Dec -17 5 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Erdenexairxan

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Khan Bank · Erdenexairxan 17 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.12469&mlon=95.71716#map=17/48.12469/95.71716) 

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 Erdenexairxan

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

## Quick answers

- Where is Erdenexairxan?In Zavkhan Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Erdenexairxan?Cecen-Uul, Do'rvoljin, Tu'devtei, Yaruu and Zavxanmandal
- How many villages are in Erdenexairxan?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the highest point in Erdenexairxan?Tobhata Uul (2,458 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Erdenexairxan?June to August
- Where is the nearest bank to Erdenexairxan?Khan Bank, about 17 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Erdenexairxan?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Erdenexairxan?MN8167 (OCHA common operational dataset)