Mozdok
Mozdok
Моздок | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Ossetic | Мæздæг |
Mozdok railway station | |
Location of Mozdok | |
| Coordinates: 43°44′N 44°42′E / 43.733°N 44.700°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | North Ossetia–Alania |
| Administrative district | Mozdoksky District |
| Town Under District Jurisdiction | Mozdok |
| Founded | 1700s (as the Circassian village of Mezdegu) 1763 (as Mozdok Russian fort after the local population was massacred) |
| Elevation | 131 m (430 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 35,500−46,900 |
| • Capital of | Mozdoksky District, Mozdok Town Under District Jurisdiction |
| • Municipal district | Mozdoksky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Mozdokskoye Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Mozdoksky Municipal District, Mozdokskoye Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code(s) | 362028, 363750–363760 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 86736 |
| OKTMO ID | 90630101001 |
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Mozdok (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.