North Caucasus
Ingushetia
Sunzhensky District

Sunzha

Sunzha is a town and the administrative center of the of the Republic of Ingushetia, . Before 2016 it was a rural locality called Ordzhonikidzevskaya, after Soviet political leader Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze.
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  • Type: Town with 64,500 residents
  • Description: town in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia
  • Also known as: “Ordzhonikidzevskoye” and “Slyeptsovskaya”
  • Historically known as: “Ordshonikidsewskaja”, “Ordzhonikidzevskaya”, “Sleptsovskaya”, and “Sunzhenskaya”
  • Address: городской округ Сунжа

Places of Interest

Highlights include Magas Airport.

Aerodrome
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Sulom-Bek Oskanov Magas International Airport, also known as Sleptsovskaya Airport is an airport in the Republic of Ingushetia near Sunzha, serving the capital city of Magas and the largest regional city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Troitskaya.

Town
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is a stanitsa in of , . It was founded on the site of the historic Ingush village of Ebarg-Yurt. It is located on the . Population: 18 092 . is situated 5 km west of Sunzha.

Sunzha

Latitude
43.3135° or 43° 18′ 48″ north
Longitude
45.0506° or 45° 3′ 2″ east
Population
64,500
Elevation
326 metres (1,070 feet)
Open location code
8HM78372+96
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5914501275
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
515083
Wiki­data ID
Q2029443
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Veps—“Sunzha” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Sunja”
  • Belarusian: “Арджанікідзаўская”
  • Belarusian: “Сляпцоўская”
  • Belarusian: “Сунжа”
  • Cebuano: “Ordzhonikidzevskaya”
  • Chechen: “Sipso-Ġala”
  • Chechen: “Сипсо-ГӀала”
  • Chinese: “孙扎”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Sunja (şeer)”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Sunja”
  • Croatian: “Sunža”
  • Czech: “Ordžonikidzevskaja”
  • Czech: “Sunža”
  • Dutch: “Ordzjonikidzevskaja”
  • Estonian: “Ordžonikidzevskaja”
  • Estonian: “Sunža”
  • Finnish: “Sunža”
  • French: “Sounja (ville)”
  • French: “Sounja”
  • German: “Ordzhonikidzevskaya”
  • German: “Sunscha (Inguschetien)”
  • German: “Sunscha”
  • German: “Sunsha”
  • German: “Slepzowskaja” (historical)
  • German: “Sunschenskaja” (historical)
  • Greek: “Ορντζονικιντζέβσκαγια”
  • Hebrew: “סונז’ה”
  • Ingush: “Орджоникидзевски” (historical)
  • Ingush: “Шолжа-пхье”
  • Ingush: “Шолжа-Пхье”
  • Italian: “Sunža”
  • Japanese: “オルジョニキゼフスカヤ”
  • Japanese: “スンジャ (イングーシ共和国)”
  • Japanese: “スンジャ”
  • Ladin: “Sunja”
  • Latvian: “Sunža (pilsēta)”
  • Latvian: “Sunža”
  • Lithuanian: “Sunža”
  • Mingrelian: “სუნჯა”
  • Moksha: “Сунжа (ош)”
  • Moksha: “Сунжа”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ordzjonikidzevskaja”
  • Norwegian: “Ordzjonikidzevskaja” (historical)
  • Norwegian: “Sunzja”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ordzhonikidzevskaia”
  • Ossetian: “Орджоникидзевская”
  • Ossetian: “Слепцовская”
  • Ossetian: “Сунжæ”
  • Ossetian: “Сунженская”
  • Persian: “سونژا (شهر)”
  • Persian: “سونژا”
  • Polish: “Ordżonikidzewskaja”
  • Polish: “Sunża”
  • Russian: “Орджоникидзевская (станица)”
  • Russian: “Орджоникидзевская” (historical)
  • Russian: “Орджоникидзевское сельское поселение (Ингушетия)”
  • Russian: “Сельское поселение Орджоникидзевское (Ингушетия)”
  • Russian: “Слепцовская (станица)”
  • Russian: “Слепцовская” (historical)
  • Russian: “Сунжа (Ингушетия)”
  • Russian: “Сунжа”
  • Russian: “Су́нжа”
  • Russian: “Сунженская” (historical)
  • Serbian: “Сунжа”
  • Slovenian: “Sunža”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سونژا، روسیه”
  • Swedish: “Ordzjonikidzevskaja”
  • Swedish: “Ordzjonikidzevskij”
  • Swedish: “Sjolzja-pche”
  • Swedish: “Sunzja”
  • Talysh: “Sunža”
  • Ukrainian: “Орджонікідзевська”
  • Ukrainian: “Слєпцовська”
  • Ukrainian: “Сунжа”
  • Ukrainian: “Сунженська”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sunža”
  • Veps: “Sunž”

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