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Vladikavkaz (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 43 02 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.0333 decimal degrees |
Long: 044 43 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 44.7167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Terek River; founded as a fortress to protect the Georgian & Ossentian Military Highways; became a terminus on the Rostov-Baku railway 1875; industries include electrical equipment, foodstuffs & auto parts; site of several universities. |
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Vladikavkaz (preferred,B,V,O,Russian-P)
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............ | from 1784-1931, reinstated in 1991 |
Dzhaudzhikau (C,U)
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Ordshonikidse (C,U)
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Ordzhonikidve (C,U)
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Orjonikidze (C,U)
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Wladikawkas (C,U)
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Владикавказ (C,U,Russian)
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Dzaudzhikau (H,V)
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............ | from 1944-1954 |
Ordzhonikidze (H,V)
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Ordžonikidze (H,V)
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............ | from 1954-1991 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 1784 |
city (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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educational center (C) |
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