# Santmargac Soum, Zavkhan Aimag – Villages & Map

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

Soum · Zavkhan Aimag 

# Santmargac

Santmargac is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Zavkhan Aimag. It covers **2,400.8 km²**. Its main town is Holboo. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2,401km²
- 2mapped services
- 1,568 mtypical elevation

## Where is Santmargac?

Santmargac lies in [Zavkhan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 6 other soums: [Cecen-Uul](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/cecen-uul/), [O'ndorxangai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/o-ndorxangai/), [Songino](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/songino/), [Urgamal](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/urgamal/), [Zavxanmandal](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/zavxanmandal/) and [Zu'unxangai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/uvs/zu-unxangai/). By area it is the 258th largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 2.9% of [Zavkhan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/). The centre of Santmargac is about 874 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 160 km from Uliastay, the main town of Zavkhan Aimag. The centre point is at 48.6005° N, 95.1161° E. Local names: Сантмаргац .

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 Santmargac

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

- Holboo
- Santmargats

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 Santmargac

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

### Water

3 lakes; 2 rivers and streams.

- Bayan Nuur
- Dahasa Nuur
- Galtayn Gol
- Holboo Nuur
- Muhar Hüngüy Gol

### Hills and mountains

2 mountains.

- Bor Öndör · 1,756 m
- Margats Uul · 1,607 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 Santmargac and the best time to visit

In Santmargac, the warmest month is Jul (average 19 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-18 °C). About 171 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (41 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 -18 3 

Feb -15 4 

Mar -5 5 

Apr 4 9 

May 10 15 

Jun 17 27 

Jul 19 41 

Aug 16 33 

Sep 9 15 

Oct 1 7 

Nov -8 7 

Dec -16 5 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Santmargac

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Банк · Santmargac 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.58830&mlon=95.43174#map=17/48.58830/95.43174) 

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 Santmargac

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

- Banks1
- Pharmacies1

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
- Erdenexairxan
- Ider
- Ix-Uul
- No'mrog
- Otgon
- Shilu'ustei
- Songino
- Telmen
- Tes
- Tosoncengel
- Tu'devtei
- Uliastai
- Urgamal
- Yaruu
- Zavxanmandal

## Quick answers

- Where is Santmargac?In Zavkhan Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Santmargac?Cecen-Uul, O'ndorxangai, Songino, Urgamal, Zavxanmandal and Zu'unxangai
- How many villages are in Santmargac?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the highest point in Santmargac?Bor Öndör (1,756 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Santmargac?June to August
- Where is the nearest bank to Santmargac?Банк, about 23 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Santmargac?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Santmargac?MN8134 (OCHA common operational dataset)