# Telmen Soum, Zavkhan Aimag – Villages, Map & Nearest Services

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

Soum · Zavkhan Aimag 

# Telmen

Telmen is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Zavkhan Aimag. It covers **3,459.6 km²**. Its main town is Övögdiy. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 3,460km²
- 2mapped services
- 2,185 mtypical elevation

## Where is Telmen?

Telmen lies in [Zavkhan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 5 other soums: [Cecerleg](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/khovsgol/cecerleg/), [Ider](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/ider/), [No'mrog](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/no-mrog/), [Tosoncengel](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/tosoncengel/) and [Yaruu](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/yaruu/). By area it is the 181st largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 4.2% of [Zavkhan Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/zavkhan/). The centre of Telmen is about 691 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 129 km from Uliastay, the main town of Zavkhan Aimag. The centre point is at 48.7830° N, 97.6175° E. Local names: Тэлмэн .

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 Telmen

Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Telmen. Settlements here lie between about 1,794 m and 2,217 m above sea level (median 2,185 m).

- Delger Hujirtayn Dugang
- Telmen
- Tsagaan Tologoyn Hural
- Övögdiy

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 Telmen

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

### Water

1 lake; 1 river or stream.

- Büst Nuur
- Tegshiyn 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 Telmen and the best time to visit

In Telmen, the warmest month is Jul (average 15 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-23 °C). About 291 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (65 mm) and the driest Jan (5 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 5 

Feb -20 7 

Mar -11 9 

Apr -1 14 

May 5 22 

Jun 12 47 

Jul 15 65 

Aug 12 61 

Sep 5 25 

Oct -3 15 

Nov -12 11 

Dec -20 9 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Telmen

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Petrol pump ТЭС Петролиум · Telmen 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.64035&mlon=97.61743#map=17/48.64035/97.61743) 

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 Telmen

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

- Petrol pumps1
- Restaurants1

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
- Santmargac
- Shilu'ustei
- Songino
- Tes
- Tosoncengel
- Tu'devtei
- Uliastai
- Urgamal
- Yaruu
- Zavxanmandal

## Quick answers

- Where is Telmen?In Zavkhan Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Telmen?Cecerleg, Ider, No'mrog, Tosoncengel and Yaruu
- How many villages are in Telmen?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Telmen?Settlements lie between 1,794 m and 2,217 m
- What is the best time to visit Telmen?June to August
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Telmen?ТЭС Петролиум, about 16 km from the centre
- How many petrol pumps are in Telmen?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Telmen?MN8146 (OCHA common operational dataset)