Sunzha

Sunzha is a town and the administrative center of the of the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. Before 2016 it was a rural locality called Ordzhonikidzevskaya, after Soviet political leader Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze.
  • Town with 64,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 326 metres (1,070 feet)
  • Description: town in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia
  • Address: городской округ Сунжа
  • Also known as
    “Ordzhonikidzevskoye”
    “Slyeptsovskaya”
  • Historically known as
    “Ordshonikidsewskaja”
    “Ordzhonikidzevskaya”
    “Sleptsovskaya”
    “Sunzhenskaya”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Troitskaya.

Town
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Sunzha

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Latitude
43.3135° or 43° 18′ 48″ north
Longitude
45.0506° or 45° 3′ 2″ east
Open location code
8HM78372+96
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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”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سونژا”
  • 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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