South Ossetia

South Ossetia is a self-declared and de-facto republic with limited recognition which has seceded from . It is under the control of , that can be considered an occupying power fully responsible for "border control" and military defense.
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Tskhinvali.

Photo: Alaexis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital city of the republic of South Ossetia, self-declared and de-facto country with limited recognition which has seceded from , which sits in the region of Georgia. As of 2019, it was home to 32,000 people.

South Ossetia

  • Type: Country with 72,000 residents
  • Description: de facto state in the South Caucasus
  • Also known as: “Alania”, “Republic of South Ossetia”, “Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania”, “S Ossetia”, “S. Ossetia”, “Samkhret‘ Oset’is AO”, “Samkhret‘ Oset’is Avtonomiuri Olk’i”, “South Osetia”, “South Ossetia [provisional]”, “South Ossetian”, “South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast”, “South Ossetian Republic”, “South Ossettia”, “State of Alania”, “the State of Alania”, “Tskhinvali Region”, “Yugo-Osetinskaya AO”, “Yugo-Osetinskaya Avtonoanaya Oblast‘”, and “Хуссар Ирыстон - Южная Осетия”
  • Neighbors:
  • Categories: state with limited recognition, disputed territory, de facto regime, puppet state, occupied territory, and locality
  • Location: , ,
  • View on Open­Street­Map
Latitude
42.3476° or 42° 20′ 52″ north
Longitude
44.0979° or 44° 5′ 53″ east
Population
72,000
Elevation
1,466 metres (4,810 feet)
Open location code
8HJ683XX+35
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1696850886
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
611834
Wiki­data ID
Q23427
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover South Ossetia from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“South Ossetia” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Аахыҵ Уаԥстәыла Ареспублика – Аланиа Аҳәынҭқарра”
  • Abkhazian: “Аахыҵ Уаԥстәыла”
  • Afrikaans: “South Ossetia”
  • Afrikaans: “Suid Ossetia”
  • Afrikaans: “Suid-Ossetia”
  • Afrikaans: “Suid-Ossetië”
  • Albanian: “Osetia e Jugut”
  • Albanian: “Osetia jugore”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ ኦሤትያ-አላኒያ”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ ኦሤትያ”
  • Angika: “दक्षिण ओस्सेटिया”
  • Arabic: “أوستيا الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “أوسيتيا الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “أوسيتيا الجنوبيه”
  • Arabic: “اوسيتيا الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “جنوب أوستيا”
  • Arabic: “جنوب أوسيتيا”
  • Aragonese: “Osetia d’o Sud”
  • Aragonese: “Osetia d’o Sur”
  • Aragonese: “Osetia de lo Sud”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Օսեթիա”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Օսիա”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Օսիայի Հանրապետություն”
  • Arpitan: “Ossètia du Mié-jorn-Alania”
  • Arpitan: “Ossètie du Sud”
  • Asturian: “Osetia del Sur”
  • Avaric: “Бакъда Гьиристан”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Osetiya Respublikası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Osetiya”
  • Bashkir: “Көньяҡ Осетия”
  • Basque: “Hego Osetia”
  • Bavarian: “Südossetien”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Асеція”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Асэтыя”
  • Belarusian: “Рэспубліка Паўднёвая Асеція”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ ওশেটিয়া”
  • Betawi: “Osèti Kidul”
  • Bosnian: “Južna Osetija”
  • Breton: “Osetia ar Su”
  • Bulgarian: “Южна Осетия”
  • Catalan: “Alània”
  • Catalan: “Estat d’Alània”
  • Catalan: “Ossètia del Sud”
  • Catalan: “regió de Tskhinvali”
  • Catalan: “República d’Ossètia del Sud - Alània”
  • Catalan: “República d’Ossètia del Sud - Estat d’Alània”
  • Catalan: “República d’Ossètia del Sud”
  • Catalan: “Samatxlabo”
  • Cebuano: “Habagatang Osetya”
  • Cebuano: “Habagatang Ossetia”
  • Cebuano: “South Ossetia”
  • Central Bikol: “Habagatan na Osetya”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئۆسێتیای باشوور”
  • Chechen: “Къилба ХӀирийчоь”
  • Chinese: “Lâm Ossetia”
  • Chinese: “南奥塞提亚共和国”
  • Chinese: “南奥塞梯”
  • Chinese: “南奥塞梯共和国”
  • Chinese: “南奧塞提亞”
  • Chinese: “南奧塞梯”
  • Church Slavic: “Южьна Осєтїꙗ”
  • Church Slavic: “Ю́жьна Осєті́ꙗ”
  • Cornish: “Osseti Dhyhow”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Cenübiy Osetiya”
  • Croatian: “Južna Osetija”
  • Czech: “Jižní Osetie”
  • Czech: “Republika Jižní Osetie”
  • Danish: “Sydossetien”
  • Dutch: “Regio Tschinvali”
  • Dutch: “Republiek Zuid-Ossetië - Staat Alanië”
  • Dutch: “Republiek Zuid-Ossetië”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Ossetië”
  • Eastern Mari: “Кечывалвел Осетий”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوسيتيا الجنوبيه”
  • Erzya: “Лембеёнксонь Осетия Мастор”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Osetio”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Osetujo”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Osetio”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Osseetia”
  • Faroese: “Suðurossetia”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Ossetia”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Ossetian tasavalta”
  • French: “Ossétie du Sud-Alanie”
  • French: “Ossétie du Sud”
  • French: “Ossetie-du-Sud”
  • French: “Ossétie-du-Sud”
  • French: “République d’Ossétie du Sud”
  • French: “Республикæ Хуссар Ирыстон”
  • French: “Республика Южная Осетия”
  • French: “Республикӕ Хуссар Ирыстон”
  • French: “სამხრეთ ოსეთი”
  • French: “სამხრეთი ოსეთია”
  • Gagauz: “Üülen Osetiya”
  • Galician: “Osetia do Sur”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ ოსეთი”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ ოსეთის დე ფაქტო რესპუბლიკა”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ ოსეთის რესპუბლიკა”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი ოსეთი”
  • Georgian: “ცხინვალის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Georgisch-Südossetischer Konflikt”
  • German: “Republik Südossetien”
  • German: “Süd-Ossetien”
  • German: “Südossetien-Alanien”
  • German: “Südossetien”
  • Greek: “Νότια Οσσετία”
  • Greek: “Οσετία”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Nàm Ossetia”
  • Hebrew: “אוסטיה הדרומית”
  • Hebrew: “דרום אוסטיה”
  • Hebrew: “דרום-אוסטיה”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण ऑस्सेतिया”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण ओसेटिया”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण ओसेतिया”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण ओसेशिया”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण ओस्सेटिया”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण ओस्सेतिया”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिणी ओसेतिया”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Oszét Köztársaság”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Oszétia”
  • Icelandic: “Suður-Ossetía”
  • Ido: “Sud-Osetia”
  • Iloko: “Abagatan nga Osetia”
  • Indonesian: “Ossetia Selatan–Alania”
  • Indonesian: “Ossetia Selatan”
  • Ingush: “ЗIилбухера ХIириче”
  • Interlingua: “Ossetia del Sud”
  • Interlingue: “Sud-Ossetia”
  • Irish: “an Oiséit Theas”
  • Irish: “An Oiséit Theas”
  • Italian: “Ossezia del Sud”
  • Italian: “Ossezia Meridionale”
  • Italian: “Sud Ossezia”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Sout Osetia”
  • Japanese: “南オセチア”
  • Japanese: “南オセチア共和国・アラニア国”
  • Japanese: “南オセチア共和国”
  • Japanese: “南オセチア自治州”
  • Javanese: “Ossetia Kidul”
  • Javanese: “Ossétia Kidul”
  • Kabardian: “Ипшъэ Осетиэ къэрал”
  • Kabardian: “Ипшъэ Осетиэ”
  • Kabardian: “Ипшэ Ӏэсетиэ”
  • Kabardian: “Республикэ Ипшъэ Осетиэ”
  • Kabardian: “Южная Осетия”
  • Kabyle: “Usitya n Wenẓul”
  • Kalmyk: “Өвр Өседин Таңһч”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಒಸ್ಸೆಟಿಯ”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಒಸ್ಸೆಟಿಯಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Qubla Osetiya”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Къыбыла Тегей Республика”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Къыбыла Тегей”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Къыбыла-Тегей”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Осетия”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Оссетия”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Osetiya y’Amajyepfo”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк Осетия”
  • Kölsch: “Süd-Ossetie”
  • Kölsch: “Süd-Ossetien”
  • Komi: “Лун Осетия”
  • Komi: “Лунвыв Осетия”
  • Korean: “남오세티아 공화국”
  • Korean: “남오세티야 공화국-알라니야국”
  • Korean: “남오세티야”
  • Korean: “알라니야”
  • Korean: “알라니야국”
  • Korean: “츠한빌리 지역”
  • Kurdish: “Başûrê Alanistanê”
  • Kurdish: “Osetyaya Başûr”
  • Lak: “Кьилвалул Осетия”
  • Latin: “Alania Meridiana”
  • Latin: “Alania Meridionalis”
  • Latin: “Ossetia Meridiana”
  • Latin: “Ossetia Meridionalis”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidosetija”
  • Lezghian: “Кьиблепатан Осетия”
  • Limburgan: “Zuid-Ossetië”
  • Lithuanian: “P. Osetija”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Osetija”
  • Livvi: “Suvi-Osseetii”
  • Lombard: “Ossezzia del Sud”
  • Low German: “Süüdossetie”
  • Luxembourgish: “Republik Südossetien”
  • Luxembourgish: “Südossetien”
  • Macedonian: “Јужна Осетија”
  • Maithili: “दक्षिण ओसेटिया”
  • Maithili: “दक्षिण ओसेतिया”
  • Malagasy: “Ôsetia Atsimo”
  • Malay: “Ossetia Selatan”
  • Malayalam: “സൗത്ത് ഒസ്സെഷ്യ”
  • Maltese: “Ossezja t’Isfel”
  • Maltese: “Ossezja tan-Nofsinnhar”
  • Manx: “Ossetia Yiass”
  • Manx: “Oyseit Jiass”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण ऑसेटिया”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण ऑसेशिया”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण ओसेशिया”
  • Marathi: “साउथ ओसेशिया”
  • Mazanderani: “ئوسەتون جەموری”
  • Mazanderani: “اوستیای جنوبی”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوبی اوستیا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Nàng Ossetia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Ossetia”
  • Minangkabau: “Ossetia Selatan”
  • Mingrelian: “ცხინვალიშ რეგიონი”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөд Осети”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüdoseetien”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Republikken Sør-Ossetia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Ossetia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørossetar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørosseter”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sør-Ossetia”
  • Norwegian: “Sør-Ossetia”
  • Novial: “Sud Osetia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ossetia dau Sud”
  • Oriya: “ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଓସେଟିଆ”
  • Ossetian: “Chussar Iryston”
  • Ossetian: “Республикæ Хуссар Ирыстон”
  • Ossetian: “РХИ”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар Ир”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар Ирыстон”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਓਸੈਤੀਆ”
  • Persian: “آسستان جنوبی”
  • Persian: “اسستان جنوبی”
  • Persian: “اوستیای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “جمهوری اوستیای جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Osetia Południowa”
  • Polish: “Południowa Osetia”
  • Polish: “Republika Osetii Południowej”
  • Portuguese: “Entidade Administrativa Provisória da Ossétia do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Ossécia do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Ossétia do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Ossétia meridional”
  • Portuguese: “Política da Ossétia do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “República da ossétia do sul”
  • Portuguese: “República da ossétia meridional”
  • Pushto: “سوېلي اوسېتيا”
  • Romanian: “Osetia de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Ossetia de Sud”
  • Russia Buriat: “Урда Осети”
  • Russian: “Алания”
  • Russian: “Государство Алания”
  • Russian: “Республика Южная Осетия”
  • Russian: “РЮО”
  • Russian: “Самачабло”
  • Russian: “Цхинвальский регион”
  • Russian: “Южная Осетия-Алания”
  • Russian: “Южная Осетия”
  • Russian: “Южно-Осетинская Советская Демократическая Республика”
  • Russian: “ЮО”
  • Russian: “ЮОСДР”
  • Rusyn: “Южна Осетія”
  • Samogitian: “P. Uosetėjė”
  • Samogitian: “Pėitū Uosetėjė”
  • Sardinian: “Ossètzia de Sud”
  • Scots: “Sooth Ossetie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Osàidea a Deas”
  • Serbian: “Јужна Осетија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južna Osetija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Јужна осетија”
  • Shan: “ဢွတ်ႇသႅတ်ႉထီးယႃးၸၢၼ်း”
  • Sicilian: “Ossezzia dû sud”
  • Silesian: “Połedńowo Uosetyjo”
  • Silesian: “Uosetyjo Pouedńowo”
  • Sindhi: “ڏکڻ اوسيتيا”
  • Slovak: “Juhoosetská autonómna oblasť”
  • Slovak: “Južné Osetsko”
  • Slovenian: “Južna Osetija”
  • Somali: “Koonfur Ossetia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جنوبی اوستیا”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Alania”
  • Spanish: “Osetia del Sur”
  • Spanish: “República de Osetia del Sur”
  • Sundanese: “Ossetia Kidul”
  • Sundanese: “Ossétia Kidul”
  • Swahili: “Ossetia Kusini”
  • Swahili: “Ossetia ya Kusini”
  • Swedish: “Syd-Ossetien”
  • Swedish: “Sydossetien”
  • Tagalog: “South Ossetia”
  • Tagalog: “Timog Osetya”
  • Tagalog: “Timog Ossetia”
  • Tajik: “Осетияи Ҷанубӣ”
  • Talysh: “Nıso Osetiya”
  • Talysh: “Nyso Osetijə”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு ஒசேடியா”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு ஒசேத்தியா”
  • Tamil: “தென் ஒசெட்டியா”
  • Tamil: “தென் ஒசேத்தியா”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Осетия”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ ఒసేటియా”
  • Thai: “เซาท์ออสซีเชีย”
  • Tok Pisin: “Saut Osetia”
  • Turkish: “Güney osetya cumhuriyeti”
  • Turkish: “Guney Osetya”
  • Turkish: “Güney Osetya”
  • Turkish: “Güney Oshetya”
  • Turkish: “South Ossetia”
  • Tuvinian: “Мурнуу Осетия”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна Осетія”
  • Ukrainian: “Республіка Південної Осетії”
  • Ukrainian: “Самачабло”
  • Ukrainian: “Цхінвальський регіон”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Južna Osetiska”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Južna Osetska”
  • Urdu: “South Ossetia”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی اوسیشیا”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy Osetiya”
  • Venetian: “Osèsia del Sud”
  • Veps: “Suviosetii”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Osetia”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Ossetia”
  • Vlax Romani: “Sudutni Ossetia”
  • Volapük: “Sulüda-Losetän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salatan nga Ossetia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salatan Ossetia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “South Ossetia”
  • Welsh: “De Osetia”
  • Welsh: “De Ossetia”
  • Western Armenian: “Հարաւային Օսիոյ Հանրապետութիւն”
  • Western Mari: “Кечӹвӓл Осети”
  • Western Panjabi: “جنوبی اوسیتیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “南奥塞梯”
  • Wu Chinese: “南奥赛西亚”
  • Yakut: “Соҕуруу Осетия”
  • Yoruba: “Gúúsù Ossetia”
  • Yoruba: “South Ossetia”
  • Yue Chinese: “南奧塞梯”
  • Yue Chinese: “南奧塞梯共和國”
  • Zulu: “i-South Ossetia”
  • “Južna Osetija”
  • “ma Ili seli”
  • “ma Ilison seli”
  • “Osetia Huitztlāmpa”
  • “Pėitū Uosetėjė”

Georgia: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Tbilisi, Sukhumi, Batumi, and Kutaisi.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.