Southern Russia
North Caucasus
North Ossetia

Vladikavkaz

Vladikavkaz is the capital city of 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 .
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  • Type: City with 293,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of North Ossetia-Alania
  • Also known as: “Dzæwdžyqæw”, “Dzhaudzhikau”, “Ordshonikidse”, “Ordzhonikidve”, “Ordzhonikidze”, and “Orjonikidze”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mukhtarov Mosque and Kosta Khetagurov North-Ossetian State University.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sunni Mosque or the is a historic on the left bank of the Terek River in Vladikavkaz, . The mosque owes its name to the millionaire Murtuza Mukhtarov who financed its construction in 1900–1908.

University
Photo: Os-Bagatar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Ossetian State University named after K. L. Khetagurov is a university in Vladikavkaz, Russia. It was founded in 1920 and was named after Kosta Levanovich Khetagurov. The university's aims are education, cooperation, and innovation.

Theater building
Photo: Rost.galis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a theater building.

Vladikavkaz

Latitude
43.0246° or 43° 1′ 29″ north
Longitude
44.6821° or 44° 40′ 56″ east
Population
293,000
Elevation
681 metres (2,234 feet)
IATA airport code
OGZ
United Nations Location Code
RU VLA
Open location code
8HM62MFJ+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1168567868
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
473249
Wiki­data ID
Q5239
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Vladikavkaz” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wladikafkaz”
  • Arabic: “فلاديقوقاز”
  • Armenian: “Վլադիկավկազ”
  • Asturian: “Vladicáucaso”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vladiqafqaz”
  • Bashkir: “Владикавказ”
  • Basque: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Belarusian: “Арджанікідзэ”
  • Belarusian: “Уладзікаўказ”
  • Bengali: “ভেলাডিকাভকাজ”
  • Breton: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Bulgarian: “Владикавказ”
  • Catalan: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Cebuano: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Chechen: “БуритӀе”
  • Chechen: “Буро-ГӀала”
  • Chinese: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Chinese: “弗拉季卡瓦兹”
  • Chinese: “弗拉季高加索”
  • Chuvash: “Владикавказ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Croatian: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Czech: “Dzaudžikau”
  • Czech: “Ordžonikidze”
  • Czech: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Danish: “Vladikavkas”
  • Danish: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Vladikavkaz”
  • Dutch: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Eastern Mari: “Владикавказ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤلاديكاڤكاس”
  • Erzya: “Владикавказ ош”
  • Esperanto: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Esperanto: “Vladikavkazo”
  • Estonian: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Finnish: “Vladikavkaz”
  • French: “Dzaoudjikaou”
  • French: “Ordjonikidzé”
  • French: “Vladicaucase”
  • French: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Gagauz: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Georgian: “ვლადიკავკაზი”
  • German: “Wladikawkas”
  • Greek: “Βλαντικαβκάζ”
  • Greek: “Βλαντικαφκάς”
  • Gujarati: “વ્લાદિકાવકાઝ”
  • Hebrew: “אורדז’וניקידזה”
  • Hebrew: “ולדיקווקז”
  • Hindi: “व्लादिकवकाज़”
  • Hindi: “व्लादिकाव्काज़”
  • Hungarian: “Vlagyikavkaz”
  • Ido: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Indonesian: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Ingush: “Буро”
  • Irish: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Italian: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Japanese: “ウラジカフカス”
  • Kabardian: “Владикавказ”
  • Kabardian: “Тэрчкъалэ”
  • Kalmyk: “Владикавказ балһсн”
  • Kannada: “ವ್ಲಾಡಿಕಾವಾಝ್”
  • Kirghiz: “Владикавказ”
  • Korean: “블라디캅카스”
  • Ladin: “Vladikavkas”
  • Lak: “КӀапӀкӀай”
  • Latin: “Pylae Caucasiae”
  • Latin: “Vladicaucasia”
  • Latvian: “Vladikaukāza”
  • Lezghian: “Владикъавкъаз”
  • Lithuanian: “Vladikaukazas”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Wladikawkaz”
  • Macedonian: “Владикавказ”
  • Malay: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Malayalam: “വ്ലാഡികാവ്കാസ്”
  • Marathi: “व्लादकावकाझ”
  • Mazanderani: “ولادی قفقاز”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Mingrelian: “ვლადიკავკაზი”
  • Moksha: “Владикавказ”
  • Mongolian: “Владикавказ”
  • Northern Frisian: “Wladikawkas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Norwegian: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Vladikavkaz”
  • Ossetian: “Дзæуджыхъæу”
  • Persian: “ولادی‌قفقاز”
  • Persian: “ولادیکاوکاز”
  • Polish: “Władykaukaz”
  • Portuguese: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Pushto: “ولاديکاوکاز”
  • Romanian: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Russian: “Владикавказ”
  • Russian: “Дзауджикау”
  • Russian: “Орджоникидзе”
  • Scots: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Serbian: “Владикавказ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Sicilian: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Silesian: “Władikawkaz”
  • Silesian: “Władykawkaz”
  • Sinhala: “විලාඩි කව්කාස්”
  • Slovak: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Slovenian: “Vladikavkaz”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ولادی‌قفقاز”
  • Spanish: “Vladicáucaso”
  • Spanish: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Swahili: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Swedish: “Dzæudzjychæu”
  • Swedish: “Dzaudzjikau”
  • Swedish: “Ordzjonikidze”
  • Swedish: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Tagalog: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Tajik: “Владикавказ”
  • Tajik: “Владиқафқоз”
  • Talysh: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Tamil: “விளாடிகவ்காஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Владикавказ”
  • Telugu: “వ్లాదికవకాజ్”
  • Thai: “วลาดีคัฟคาซ”
  • Turkish: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Udmurt: “Владикавказ”
  • Ukrainian: “Владикавказ”
  • Ukrainian: “Дзауджикау”
  • Ukrainian: “Орджонікідзе”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Wladikawkaz”
  • Urdu: “ولادیقفقاز”
  • Uzbek: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Venetian: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Veps: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Vietnamese: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vladikavkaz”
  • Welsh: “Vladikavkaz”
  • Wu Chinese: “弗拉季高加索”
  • Yue Chinese: “弗拉季高加索”

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