Cherkessk
city in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
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Summary
Cherkessk is an administrative divisions of Russia[1]. Cherkessk ranks in the top 6% of administrative divisions of russia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,837 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cherkessk Urban Okrug[3]
- Country: Russia[4]
- Head of government: Баскаев, Алексей Олегович[5]
- Instance of: city or town[6], big city[7]
- Official language: Abaza[8], Karachay-Balkar[9], Nogai[10], Kabardian[11], Russian[12]
- Named after: Circassians[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Kokshetau[14]
- Postal code: 369000–369016[15]
- Commons category: Cherkessk[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[17]
- Local dialing code: 8782[18]
- Inception: January 1, 1825[19]
- Official website: https://cherkessk09.ru/[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cherkessk[21]
- Population: 123,128[22], 122,395[23], 121,000[24], 107,000[25], 85,000[26], 29,000[27], 42,000[28], 67,000[29], 90,800[30], 116,200[31], 129,100[32], 123,100[33]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[36], Great dictionary of geographical names[37]
- Capital of: Karachay-Cherkessia[38], Cherkessk Urban Okrug[39], Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast[40], Cherkess Autonomous Oblast[41]
- Official name: Черкесск[42]
- Category for people born here: Q8078761[43]
- Category for people who died here: Q32202343[44]
- Native label: Черкесск[45]
- Category for people buried here: Q32255813[46]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Cherkessk[47]
- Elevation above sea level: 530 m[48]
- Area: 69.8 km²[49]
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Climate and Environment
Cherkessk's Köppen climate classification is recorded as humid continental climate[50].
Why It Matters
Cherkessk has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Cherkessk is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]