Sainshand (Mongolian: Сайншанд; ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠨᠱᠠᠩᠳᠠ) is the capital of Dornogovi Province in Mongolia.

[1] The restored Buddhist monastery Khamariin Khiid (Khamar) is 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the city and Sainshand itself.

It houses a museum dedicated to the 19th century monastic and literary figure Danzanravjaa, a prominent leader of the Nyingma (Red Hat) school of Tibetan Buddhism.

[4] Sainshand experiences a desert climate (Köppen BWk) with long, very dry, very cold winters and short, hot summers.

A 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long section to the west contains the ruins of an abandoned Soviet military base.