Nalchik

Nalchik is the capital city of , a republic located in the very south of the Russian Federation.
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  • Type: City with 240,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic in North Caucasus, Russia
  • Also known as: Nal’chik

Places of Interest

Highlights include Spartak Stadium and Nalchik Mosque.

Stadium
is a multi-purpose stadium in Nalchik, Russia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of PFC Spartak Nalchik. Also it is the home stadium of rugby union club Nart. The stadium holds 14,149 seats.

Railway station
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kenzhe.

Town
is a town.

Nalchik

Latitude
43.477° or 43° 28′ 37″ north
Longitude
43.5967° or 43° 35′ 48″ east
Population
240,000
Elevation
464 metres (1,522 feet)
Inception
1724
IATA airport code
NAL
United Nations Location Code
RU NAL
Open location code
8HM5FHGW+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 93711720
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
523523
Wiki­data ID
Q5265
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Adyghe to Yue Chinese—“Nalchik” goes by many names.
  • Adyghe: Налшык
  • Afrikaans: Naltsjik
  • Arabic: نالتشيك
  • Armenian: Նալչիկ (արեւմտահայերէն)
  • Armenian: Նալչիկ
  • Asturian: Nálchik
  • Azerbaijani: Nalçik
  • Bashkir: Нальчик
  • Basque: Naltxik
  • Belarusian: Нальчык
  • Bengali: নালকিক
  • Breton: Naltchik
  • Bulgarian: Налчик
  • Catalan: Nàltxik
  • Cebuano: Nal’chik (kapital sa lalawigan)
  • Cebuano: Nal’chik
  • Chechen: Нальчик
  • Chinese: Nalchik
  • Chinese: 納利奇克
  • Chinese: 納爾奇克
  • Chinese: 纳利奇克
  • Chinese: 纳尔奇克
  • Chuvash: Нальчик
  • Crimean Tatar: Nalçik
  • Croatian: Naljčik
  • Czech: Nalčik
  • Danish: Naltjik
  • Danish: Naltsjik
  • Dimli (individual language): Nalçik
  • Dutch: Naltsjik
  • Eastern Mari: Нальчик
  • Erzya: Нальчик ош
  • Esperanto: Nalĉik
  • Estonian: Naltšik
  • Finnish: Naltšik
  • French: Naltchik
  • Georgian: ნალჩიკი
  • German: Naltschik
  • Greek: Νάλτσικ
  • Gujarati: નલ્ચિક
  • Hebrew: נלצ’יק
  • Hindi: नालचिक
  • Hungarian: Nalcsik
  • Indonesian: Nalchik
  • Irish: Nalchik
  • Italian: Nal’čik
  • Japanese: ナリチク
  • Kabardian: Налшык
  • Kalmyk: Нальчик балһсн
  • Kannada: ನಲ್ಛಿಕ್
  • Karachay-Balkar: Налчыкъ
  • Karachay-Balkar: Нальчик
  • Kazakh: Налшық
  • Kazakh: Нальчик
  • Kirghiz: Нальчик
  • Korean: 날치크
  • Ladin: Nalcik
  • Latin: Naltschik
  • Latvian: Naļčika
  • Lezghian: Нальчик
  • Lithuanian: Nalčikas
  • Macedonian: Налчик
  • Macedonian: Наљчик
  • Malay: Nalchik
  • Marathi: नलचिक
  • Min Nan Chinese: Nalchik
  • Mingrelian: ნალჩიკი
  • Moksha: Нальчик
  • Mongolian: Нальчик
  • Northern Frisian: Naltschik
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Naltsjik
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Naltsjik
  • Norwegian: Naltsjik
  • Ossetian: Налцыкк
  • Persian: نالچیک
  • Persian: نعلچیک
  • Polish: Nalczyk
  • Portuguese: Nalchik
  • Portuguese: Naltchik
  • Pushto: نالچيک
  • Romanian: Nalcik
  • Russian: Нальчик
  • Serbian: Наљчик
  • Serbo-Croatian: Naljčik
  • Silesian: Nalczik
  • Sinhala: නල්චික්
  • Slovak: Naľčik
  • Slovenian: Nalčik
  • South Azerbaijani: نالچیک
  • South Azerbaijani: نعلچیک
  • Spanish: Nalchik
  • Spanish: Nálchik
  • Swahili: Nalchik
  • Swedish: Naltjik
  • Tagalog: Nalchik
  • Tajik: Налчик
  • Talysh: Nalcik
  • Talysh: Nalçik
  • Tamil: நல்சிக் நகரம்
  • Tamil: நாள்சிக்
  • Tatar: Налчык
  • Telugu: నల్ చిక్
  • Thai: นัลชิค
  • Thai: นาลชิค
  • Turkish: Nalçik
  • Udmurt: Нальчик
  • Ukrainian: Нальчик
  • Upper Sorbian: Nalčik
  • Urdu: نالچک
  • Uzbek: Nalchik
  • Veps: Nal’čik
  • Vietnamese: Nalchik
  • Waray (Philippines): Nalchik
  • Welsh: Nalchik
  • Western Armenian: Նալչիք
  • Western Panjabi: نالچک
  • Wu Chinese: 纳尔奇克
  • Yue Chinese: 納爾奇克
  • Налчик

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