Mozdok
Town in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other places with the same name, see Mozdok (inhabited locality).
Mozdok (Russian: Моздо́к; Ossetian: Мæздæг, Mæzdæg;) is a town and the administrative center of Mozdoksky District of North Ossetia – Alania, Russia, located on the left shore of the Terek River, 92 kilometers (57 mi) north of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 38,768.[3]
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Mozdok
Моздок | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Ossetic | Мæздæг |
Coordinates: 43°44′N 44°42′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | North Ossetia–Alania[1] |
Administrative district | Mozdoksky District[1] |
Town Under District Jurisdiction | Mozdok[1] |
Founded | 1700s (as the Circassian village of Mezdeug) 1763 (as Mozdok Russian fort after the local population was massacred)[2] |
Elevation | 131 m (430 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 38,768 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 41,728 (+7.6%) |
• Capital of | Mozdoksky District,[1] Mozdok Town Under District Jurisdiction[1] |
• Municipal district | Mozdoksky Municipal District[5] |
• Urban settlement | Mozdokskoye Urban Settlement[5] |
• Capital of | Mozdoksky Municipal District,[5] Mozdokskoye Urban Settlement[5] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
Postal code(s)[7] | 362028, 363750–363760 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 86736 |
OKTMO ID | 90630101001 |
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