North Ossetia

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North Ossetia is a republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia, known for its mountainous terrain, diverse ethnic composition, and strategic location along historic trade and migration routes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
constituent entity of the Russian Federation
federal subject of Russia
mountain
republic of Russia
river
town
borderedBy Chechnya NERFINISHED
Georgia
Ingushetia NERFINISHED
Kabardino-Balkaria NERFINISHED
Stavropol Krai NERFINISHED
borderType international border with Georgia
capital Vladikavkaz
country Russia
Russia
ethnicGroup Armenians
Georgians NERFINISHED
Ingush
Ossetians NERFINISHED
Russians
governmentForm republic
hasAutonym Республикæ Цæгат Ирыстон — Алани
Республика Северная Осетия — Алания NERFINISHED
hasHighestPoint Mount Kazbek
hasMajorCity Beslan
Vladikavkaz NERFINISHED
hasOfficialLanguage Ossetian language
surface form: Ossetian

Russian
hasReligion Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
Sunni Islam
Uatsdin
headOfRepublicTitle Head of North Ossetia–Alania
historicalRegion Scythia
surface form: Alania
knownFor ethnic diversity
mountainous terrain
strategic location on trade and migration routes
legislativeBody North Ossetia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Parliament of North Ossetia–Alania
locatedIn Caucasus NERFINISHED
North Caucasus NERFINISHED
locatedOn northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus
locatedOnHistoricRoute Georgian Military Highway
namedAfter Alania NERFINISHED
officialName Republic of North Ossetia–Alania NERFINISHED
partOf North Caucasian economic region
Russian Caucasus NERFINISHED
Southern Federal District
timeZone Moscow Time
traversedBy Terek River NERFINISHED
utcOffset +3

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South Ossetia RokiTunnelConnectsTo North Ossetia
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
Ossetians associatedStateEntity North Ossetia
this entity surface form: Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
Kabardino-Balkaria borderWith North Ossetia
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
Mtskheta-Mtianeti borders North Ossetia
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
Chechnya bordersWith North Ossetia
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
Vladikavkaz capitalOf North Ossetia
this entity surface form: Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
North Caucasus containsFederalSubject North Ossetia
this entity surface form: Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
Ирон (Iron) dominantDialectIn North Ossetia
subject surface form: Ирон
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
Ossetian language hasOfficialStatusIn North Ossetia
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
this entity surface form: Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
Vladikavkaz isCulturalCenterOf North Ossetia
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
Vladikavkaz isIndustrialCenterOf North Ossetia
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
North Ossetia legislativeBody North Ossetia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Parliament of North Ossetia–Alania
Vladikavkaz locatedIn North Ossetia
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
Дигор (Digor) mainlyLivesIn North Ossetia
subject surface form: Дигор
this entity surface form: Республика Северная Осетия – Алания
Terek Oblast partOfPresentDay North Ossetia
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
Ossetian language primaryRegion North Ossetia
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
Ирон (Iron) spokenIn North Ossetia
subject surface form: Ирон
this entity surface form: Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
Gorskie Yevrei traditionalRegion North Ossetia
Ossetians traditionalRegion North Ossetia
this entity surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
Иронтæ (Ironte) usedInRegion North Ossetia
subject surface form: Иронтæ
this entity surface form: Republic of North Ossetia–Alania