Mozdok

For other places with the same name, see Mozdok (inhabited locality).

Mozdok
Моздок
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
 • OsseticМæздæг
Mozdok railway station
Mozdok railway station
Flag of Mozdok
Flag
Coat of arms of Mozdok
Coat of arms
Location of Mozdok
Map
Mozdok is located in Russia
Mozdok
Mozdok
Location of Mozdok
Mozdok is located in North Ossetia–Alania
Mozdok
Mozdok
Mozdok (North Ossetia–Alania)
Coordinates: 43°44′N 44°42′E / 43.733°N 44.700°E / 43.733; 44.700
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNorth Ossetia–Alania[1]
Administrative districtMozdoksky District[1]
Town Under District JurisdictionMozdok[1]
Founded1700s (as the Circassian village of Mezdeug)
1763 (as Mozdok Russian fort after the local population was massacred)[2]
Elevation
131 m (430 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total38,768
 • Capital ofMozdoksky District,[1] Mozdok Town Under District Jurisdiction[1]
 • Municipal districtMozdoksky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementMozdokskoye Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofMozdoksky Municipal District,[4] Mozdokskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
362028, 363750–363760
Dialing code(s)+7 86736
OKTMO ID90630101001

Mozdok or Kurugada (Russian: Моздо́к; Ossetian: Мæздæг, Mæzdæg) is a town and the administrative center of Mozdoksky District in North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, located on the left shore of the Terek River, 92 kilometers (57 mi) north of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 38,768.[3]

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  3. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference RNorthOssetiaMozdokskyD_mun was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)