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 in 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 |
• Capital of | Mozdoksky District,[1] Mozdok Town Under District Jurisdiction[1] |
• Municipal district | Mozdoksky Municipal District[4] |
• Urban settlement | Mozdokskoye Urban Settlement[4] |
• Capital of | Mozdoksky Municipal District,[4] Mozdokskoye Urban Settlement[4] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
Postal code(s)[6] | 362028, 363750–363760 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 86736 |
OKTMO ID | 90630101001 |
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