Nalchik
capital city of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic in North Caucasus, Russia
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Summary
Nalchik is an administrative divisions of Russia[1]. Nalchik ranks in the top 4% of administrative divisions of russia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,401 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nalchik Urban Okrug[3]
- Country: Russia[4]
- Head of government: Ахохов, Таймураз Борисович[5]
- Instance of: city or town[6], big city[7], fortress[8], sloboda[9], capital city[10]
- Official language: Kabardian[11], Karachay-Balkar[12], Russian[13]
- Flag: flag of Nalchik[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Kayseri[15], Amman[16], Reno[17], Vladikavkaz[18]
- Postal code: 360000–360051[19], 360000[20]
- Commons category: Nalchik[21]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[22]
- Local dialing code: 8662[23]
- Inception: January 1, 1724[24], 1822[25], 1818[26]
- Significant event: Массовые беспорядки в Нальчике[27]
- Official website: http://na.adm-kbr.ru/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nalchik[29]
- Commons gallery: Нальчик[30]
- Population: 3500[31], 4809[32], 5096[33], 18,600[34], 239,200[35], 239,300[36], 239,710[37], 237,100[38], 236,000[39], 176,000[40], 48,000[41], 88,000[42], 146,000[43], 242,300[44]
- Time of earliest written record: 1724[45]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[48], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[49]
- Capital of: Kabardino-Balkaria[50], Nalchik Urban Okrug[51], Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic[52]
- Official name: Налшык[53], Нальчик[54]
- Category for people born here: Q8064745[55]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Nalchik[56]
- Native label: Нальчик[57]
- Category for people buried here: Q32250958[58]
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Physical Characteristics
Nalchik covers an area of 67 km²[59]. Nalchik sits at an elevation of 512 m[60].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Nalchik include Nalchik Airport[61], an airport[62], in Russia[63], founded in 1945[64].
Why It Matters
Nalchik has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Nalchik is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for Nalchik include Nalchik Airport[61], an airport[62], in Russia[63], founded in 1945[64].