North Ossetia

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

Top destinations include Vladikavkaz.

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is the capital city of North Ossetia and a major transit hub for the region. Its position on the Georgian Military Highway makes it a staging post for journeys to both and .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Epiphany Alan Monastery.

Monastery
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Verkhniy Biragzang.

Village
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is a village.

North Ossetia

Latitude
42.9921° or 42° 59′ 32″ north
Longitude
44.2636° or 44° 15′ 49″ east
Population
702,000
Elevation
887 metres (2,910 feet)
Open location code
8HJ6X7R7+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 869609085
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
519969
Wiki­data ID
Q5237
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“North Ossetia” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Republik Ossetia Barôh-Alania”
  • Achinese: “Republik Ossetia Utara - Alania”
  • Afrikaans: “Noord-Ossetië-Alanië”
  • Albanian: “Osetia e Veriut-Alania”
  • Albanian: “Osetia veriore-Alania”
  • Amharic: “ስሜን ኦሤትያ-አላኒያ”
  • Arabic: “أوسيتيا الشمالية-ألانيا”
  • Armenian: “Ալանիա”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Օսիա”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Օսիայի Հանրապետություն”
  • Asturian: “Osetia del Norte-Alania”
  • Avaric: “Шималияб Гьиристан”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimali Osetiya”
  • Bashkir: “Төньяҡ Осетия — Алания”
  • Basque: “Ipar Osetia-Alania”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Асеція — Аланія”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Асеція”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Асэтыя”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর ওশেটিয়া আলানিয়া”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর ওশেতিয়া-আলানিয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Sjeverna Osetija-Alanija”
  • Breton: “Norzhosetia-Alania”
  • Bulgarian: “Северна Осетия”
  • Catalan: “Ossètia del Nord - Alània”
  • Cebuano: “North Ossetia”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئۆسێتیای باکوور-ئالانیا”
  • Chechen: “Къилбаседа ХӀирийчоь”
  • Chinese: “Pak Ossetia-Alania”
  • Chinese: “北奥塞梯-阿兰共和国”
  • Chinese: “北奥塞梯”
  • Chinese: “北奧塞提亞-阿蘭共和國”
  • Chinese: “北奧塞提亞”
  • Chinese: “北奧塞梯-阿蘭”
  • Chinese: “北奧塞梯-阿蘭共和國”
  • Chinese: “北奧塞梯”
  • Chuvash: “Çурçĕр Осети”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Şimaliy Osetiya-Alaniya”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverna Osetija-Alanija”
  • Czech: “Severní Osetie-Alanie”
  • Danish: “Nordossetien–Alania”
  • Danish: “Nordossetien”
  • Danish: “Republikken Nordossetien–Alania”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Osetya Zımey-Alanya”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Ossetië”
  • Eastern Mari: “Йӱдвел Осетий”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوسيتيا الشمالية الانيا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوسيتيا الشماليه الانيا”
  • Erzya: “Пелевёнксонь Осетия Республикась”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Osetio—Alanio”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Osetio”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Osetujo”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Osseetia”
  • Faroese: “Norðurossetia”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Ossetia-Alania”
  • French: “Ossétie du Nord-Alanie”
  • French: “Ossétie du Nord”
  • French: “République d’Ossétie-du-Nord-Alanie”
  • Gagauz: “Poyraz Osetiya-Alaniya”
  • Galician: “Osetia do Norte-Alania”
  • Galician: “Ossetia do Norte-Alania”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი ოსეთი”
  • German: “Nordossetien-Alanien”
  • German: “Republik Nordossetien-Alanien”
  • Gothic: “𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Οσετία-Αλανία”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Οσσετία-Αλανία”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία της Βόρειας Οσετίας - Αλανίας”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία της Βόρειας Οσσετίας-Αλανίας”
  • Gujarati: “રીપબ્લિક ઓફ નોર્થ ઓસેટીયા-એલાનિયા”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pet Ossetia-Alania Khiung-fò-koet”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pet Ossetia–Alania Khiung-fò-koet”
  • Hausa: “Arewa Ossetia-Alania”
  • Hebrew: “צפון אוסטיה - אלניה”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर ओसेतिया-आलानिया गणतंत्र”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर ओसेतिया-आलानिया”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Oszétia”
  • Icelandic: “Norður-Ossetía”
  • Ido: “Nord-Osetia”
  • Ido: “Republiko Nord-Osetia-Alania”
  • Indonesian: “Ossetia Utara-Alania”
  • Indonesian: “Ossеtia Utara-Alania”
  • Ingush: “ГIинбухера ХIириче”
  • Ingush: “ХӀирийче”
  • Inupiaq: “Nigiq Asitiaq”
  • Inupiaq: “Nigiq Osetiaq”
  • Irish: “An Oiséit Thuaidh-An Aláin”
  • Italian: “Ossezia Settentrionale-Alania”
  • Japanese: “北オセチア共和国”
  • Javanese: “Ossetia Utara-Alania”
  • Kabardian: “Ишхъэрэ Ӏэсетиэ”
  • Kabardian: “Республикэ Ишъхъэрэ Осетиэ”
  • Kalmyk: “Оседин таңһч”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಒಸ್ಸೆಟಿಯಾ-ಅಲನಿಯ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Шимал Тегей”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік Осетия”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Osetiya y’Amajyaruguru”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк Осетия”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Аланму”
  • Komi: “Войвыв Осетия”
  • Korean: “북오세티야 공화국”
  • Korean: “북오세티야-알라니야 공화국”
  • Korean: “북오세티야-알라니야”
  • Korean: “북오세티야”
  • Korean: “알라니야”
  • Korean: “오세티야”
  • Kurdish: “Osetyaya Bakur-Alanya”
  • Lak: “Ухссавнил Осетия”
  • Latin: “Ossetia Septentrionalis”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļosetija-Alānija”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļosetijas-Alānijas Republika”
  • Lezghian: “Кеферпатан Осетия-Алания”
  • Lezghian: “Кеферпатан Осетия”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Osetija”
  • Lombard: “Ossezia Settentrionala-Alania”
  • Low German: “Noordossetie”
  • Macedonian: “Северна Осетија-Аланија”
  • Malagasy: “Ôsetia an‘ i Alania Avaratra”
  • Malagasy: “Ôsetia an’ i Alania Avaratra”
  • Malay: “Ossetia Utara-Alania”
  • Marathi: “उत्तर ओसेशिया-अलानिया”
  • Mazanderani: “شمالی اوستیا-آلانیا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Báe̤k Ossetia–Alania”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak Ossetia-Alania”
  • Mingrelian: “ოორუე ოსეთი”
  • Mongolian: “Умард Осети”
  • Mongolian: “Хойд Осет-Алани”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurdoseetien-Alaanien”
  • Northern Sami: “Davvi-Ossetia-Alania”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Ossetia-Alanja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Ossetia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nord-Ossetia”
  • Norwegian: “Nord-Ossetia”
  • Oromo: “Kaaba Ossetia-Alania”
  • Ossetian: “Цæгат Ирыстон”
  • Ossetian: “Цӕгат Ир”
  • Ossetian: “Цӕгат Ирыстон — Алани”
  • Ossetian: “Цӕгат Ирыстон–Алани”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰ ਓਸੇਸ਼ੀਆ-ਅਲਾਨਿਆ”
  • Persian: “اوستیای شمالی-آلانیا”
  • Polish: “Osetia Północna-Alania”
  • Polish: “Osetia Północna”
  • Portuguese: “Ossétia do Norte-Alânia”
  • Portuguese: “Ossétia do Norte”
  • Pushto: “شمالي اوسېتيا الانيا”
  • Pushto: “شمالي اوسېتیا-الانیا”
  • Romanian: “Osetia de Nord”
  • Russia Buriat: “Хойто Осети”
  • Russian: “Республика Северная Осетия - Алания”
  • Russian: “Республика Северная Осетия-Алания”
  • Russian: “Республика Северная Осетия”
  • Russian: “РСО”
  • Russian: “РСОА”
  • Russian: “Северная Осетия — Алания”
  • Russian: “Северная Осетия-Алания”
  • Russian: “Северная Осетия”
  • Scots: “North Ossetie-Alanie”
  • Serbian: “Северна Осетија — Аланија”
  • Serbian: “Северна Осетија-Аланија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverna Osetija-Alanija”
  • Sicilian: “Ossezzia dû Nord”
  • Sindhi: “اتر اوسيتيا-الانيا”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු ඔසේටියා-ඇලනියා ජනරජය”
  • Slovak: “Severné Osetsko”
  • Slovenian: “Alanija”
  • Slovenian: “Osetija”
  • Slovenian: “Republika Severna Osetija - Alanija”
  • Slovenian: “Severna Osetija - Alanija”
  • Slovenian: “Severna Osetija-Alanija”
  • Slovenian: “Severna Osetija”
  • Somali: “Woqooyi Ossetia-Alania”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شومالی اوستیا-آلانیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قوزئی اوستیا-آلانیا”
  • Spanish: “Osetia del Norte-Alania”
  • Spanish: “Osetia del Norte”
  • Sundanese: “Ossétia Kalér-Alania”
  • Swahili: “Kaskazi Ossetia-Alania”
  • Swedish: “Nordossetien-Alanien”
  • Swedish: “Nordossetien-Alenien”
  • Swedish: “Nordossetien”
  • Tagalog: “Hilagang Ossetia-Alania”
  • Tagalog: “North Ossetia-Alania”
  • Tajik: “Осетияи Шимоли-Алания”
  • Talysh: “Kobəsonə Osetija”
  • Talysh: “Xaremə Osetiya”
  • Tamil: “குடியரசு of வடக்கு ஒஸ்செடிஆ-அழநிஆ”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு ஒசேத்திய-அலனீயா”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Осетия — Алания Җɵмһүрияте”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Осетия”
  • Telugu: “రిపబ్లిక్ ఆఫ్ నార్త్ ఒసేటియా-అలేనియా”
  • Thai: “นอร์ทออสซีเชีย–อะลาเนีย”
  • Thai: “สาธารณรัฐนอร์ทออสซีเชีย–อะลาเนีย”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Osetya-Alanya”
  • Udmurt: “Уйпал Осетия”
  • Uighur: “شىمالىي ئوسېتىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна Осетія — Аланія”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна Осетія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Alanska”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sewjerna Osetiska-Alanija”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sewjerna Osetiska-Alanska”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sewjerna Osetska-Alanska”
  • Urdu: “شمالی اوسیشیا-الانیا”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy Osetiya Alaniya”
  • Veps: “Pohjoižosetijan — Alanijan Tazovaldkund”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Osetiya-Alaniya”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Ossetia-Alania”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hòa Bắc Osetiya-Alaniya”
  • Waray (Philippines): “North Ossetia-Alania”
  • Welsh: “Gogledd Osetia”
  • Welsh: “Gogledd Ossetia”
  • Western Frisian: “Noard-Osseesje-Alaanje”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا اوسیتیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا اوسیشیاء”
  • Western Panjabi: “شمالی اوسیشیا-الانیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “北奥塞梯-阿兰共和国”
  • Yakut: “Хотугу Осетия”
  • Yue Chinese: “北奧塞梯-阿蘭”

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