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The North Caucasus is a region of the in , bordering and to the south and Krasnodar Krai, , and to the north.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Chechnya and North Ossetia.

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For most international travellers, the Chechen Republic, a republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia, is a remarkably unknown place. While infamous for its turbulent past, little is known about the region's recent developments or about the stunning mountainous landscapes, picturesque lakes and friendly people that define this part of the Northern Caucasus.

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North Ossetia-Alania is a republic within the Russian Caucasus bordering to the west, to the north, and to the east. and lie to the south.

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is a region in the Russian Caucasus bordering to the west, to the north, to the east, and .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Dagestan and Ingushetia.

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is the most culturally diverse republic in the Caucasus, and at the Caspian Gates between and Europe has been of historic significance since antiquity.

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is a republic in Russia's North Caucasus bordering to the west, to the east, and to the south. The region is the smallest in .

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is a region in the Russian Caucasus bordering Krasnodar Krai to the west, to the north, to the east, and to the south.

North Caucasus

  • Type: region
  • Description: subregion in Eastern Europe
  • Also known as: “Ciscaucasia”, “Northern Caucasian Region”, “Predkavkazye”, “Rossiyskiy Kavkaz”, “Rossiysky Kavkaz”, “Russian Caucasus”, “Severniy Kavkaz”, “Severny Kavkaz”, “Severokavkazskiy region”, and “Severokavkazsky region”
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
43.405° or 43° 24′ 18″ north
Longitude of center
43.8318° or 43° 49′ 54″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q37736
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“North Caucasus” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القوقاز الشمالي”
  • Arabic: “شمال القوقاز”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Կովկաս”
  • Asturian: “El Cáucasu del Norte”
  • Asturian: “El Cáucasu Norte”
  • Asturian: “El Cáucasu septentrional”
  • Avaric: “Хьундасеб Кавказ”
  • Avaric: “Шималияб Кавказ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimali Qafqaz”
  • Bashkir: “Төньяҡ Кавказ”
  • Basque: “Iparraldeko Kaukaso”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночны Каўказ”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর ককেশাস”
  • Bengali: “নর্থ ককেশাস”
  • Bulgarian: “Северен Кавказ”
  • Catalan: “Caucas del Nord”
  • Catalan: “Caucas Nord”
  • Catalan: “Ciscaucàsia”
  • Chechen: “Къилбаседа Кавказ”
  • Chinese: “內高加索”
  • Chinese: “北高加索”
  • Chuvash: “Çурçĕр Арамаçи”
  • Chuvash: “Çурçĕр Кавказ”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverni Kavkaz”
  • Czech: “Severní Kavkaz”
  • Danish: “Nordkaukasien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kofkasê Zımey”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Qefqasya Zımey”
  • Dutch: “Ciskaukasië”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Kaukasus”
  • Dutch: “Noordelijke Kaukasus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القوقاز الشمالى”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Kaŭkazo”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Kaŭkazio”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Kaŭkazo”
  • Estonian: “Ees-Kaukaasia”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Kaukaasia”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Kaukasia”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Kaukasus”
  • French: “Caucase du Nord”
  • French: “Caucase septentrional”
  • French: “Ciscaucasie”
  • French: “Nord Caucase”
  • French: “Nord-Caucase”
  • Galician: “Cáucaso Norte”
  • Georgian: “იმიერკავკასია”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილო კავკასია”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ კავკასია”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი კავკასია”
  • German: “Nordkaukasien”
  • German: “Nordkaukasus”
  • German: “Region Nordkaukasus”
  • Gilaki: “کلسيايي قفقاز”
  • Greek: “Ciscaucasia”
  • Greek: “Βόρειος Καύκασος”
  • Guarani: “Yvatekáukaso”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pet Kavkaz”
  • Hebrew: “צפון הקווקז”
  • Hebrew: “צפון קווקז”
  • Hebrew: “צפון-הקווקז”
  • Indonesian: “Kaukasus Utara”
  • Ingush: “Даькъасте”
  • Italian: “Caucaso del Nord”
  • Italian: “Caucaso settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Ciscaucasia”
  • Italian: “Ciscaucasica”
  • Italian: “Ciscaucaso”
  • Italian: “Regione ciscaucasica”
  • Italian: “Russia ciscaucasica”
  • Japanese: “北カフカース”
  • Japanese: “北カフカーズ”
  • Japanese: “北カフカス”
  • Japanese: “北コーカサス”
  • Kabardian: “Ищхъэрэ Къаукъаз”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Шимал Кавказ”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік Кавказ”
  • Korean: “북 캅카스”
  • Korean: “북 코카서스”
  • Korean: “북카프카스”
  • Korean: “북캅카스”
  • Korean: “북코카서스”
  • Korean: “시스코카시아”
  • Latin: “Caucasus Septentrionalis”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļkaukāzs”
  • Lezghian: “Кеферпатан Къавкъаз”
  • Literary Chinese: “北高加索”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Kaukazas”
  • Macedonian: “Северен Кавказ”
  • Malagasy: “Siskaokazia”
  • Malay: “Caucasus Utara”
  • Malay: “Kaukasus Utara”
  • Malayalam: “വടക്കൻ കോക്കസസ്”
  • Mingrelian: “ოორუე კავკაცია”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “شمال لقوقاز”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Kaukasus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nord-Kaukasus”
  • Norwegian: “Nord-Kaukasia”
  • Ossetian: “Цæгат Кавказ”
  • Persian: “شمال قفقاز”
  • Persian: “قفقاز شمالی”
  • Polish: “Kaukaz Północny”
  • Polish: “Przedkaukazie”
  • Portuguese: “Antecáucaso”
  • Portuguese: “Cáucaso do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Cáucaso Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Ciscaucasia”
  • Portuguese: “Ciscaucásia”
  • Portuguese: “Ciscáucaso”
  • Portuguese: “Norte do Cáucaso”
  • Romanian: “Caucazul de Nord”
  • Romanian: “nordul Caucazului”
  • Russian: “Российский Кавказ”
  • Russian: “Северного Кавказа”
  • Russian: “Северный Кавказ”
  • Russian: “Северо-кавказский регион”
  • Rusyn: “Сѣверный Кавказ”
  • Serbian: “Сјеверни Кавказ”
  • Slovak: “Severné Kaukazsko”
  • Slovenian: “Severni Kavkaz”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قوزئی قافقاز”
  • Spanish: “Caucaso del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Cáucaso del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Caucaso Norte”
  • Spanish: “Cáucaso Norte”
  • Spanish: “Cáucaso septentrional”
  • Spanish: “Ciscaucasia”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⴳⴰⴼⴰ ⵏ ⵇⵓⵇⴰⵣ”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⴳⴰⴼⴰ ⵏ ⵇⵓⵇⴰⵥ”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵉⵥⵥⵍⵎⴹ ⵏ ⵇⵓⵇⴰⵣ”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵉⵥⵥⵍⵎⴹ ⵏ ⵇⵓⵇⴰⵥ”
  • Swedish: “Ciskaukasus”
  • Swedish: “Främre Kaukasus”
  • Swedish: “Nordkaukasien”
  • Swedish: “Nordkaukasus”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Кавказ”
  • Thai: “คอเคซัสเหนือ”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Kafkasya”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний Кавказ”
  • Urdu: “شمالی قفقاز”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy Kavkaz”
  • Venetian: “Ciscaucàzia”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Kavkaz”
  • Welsh: “Gogledd y Cawcasws”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا قفقاز”
  • Western Panjabi: “شمالی قفقاز”
  • Wu Chinese: “北高加索”
  • Yue Chinese: “北高加索”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “North Caucasus”. Photo: Лобачев Владимир, CC BY-SA 3.0.