Sunzha

Sunzha
Сунжа
Other transcription(s)
  IngushШолжа-Пхье
Location of Sunzha
Sunzha
Location of Sunzha
Sunzha
Sunzha (Republic of Ingushetia)
Coordinates: 43°19′N 45°04′E / 43.317°N 45.067°E / 43.317; 45.067
CountryRussia
Federal subjectIngushetia
Founded1845
Town status since2016
Elevation
320 m (1,050 ft)
Population
  Total
61,598
  Capital ofSunzhensky District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)
386200-386204
OKTMO ID26720000001
Websitewww.sunzhangrad.ru

Sunzha (Russian: Сунжа, romanized: Sunzha; Ingush: Шолжа-Пхье, romanized: Šolža-Pꜧe) is a town and the administrative center of the Sunzhensky District of the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. Before 2016 it was called Ordzhonikidzevskaya, after Soviet political leader Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze.

Population: 61,598(2010 Census); 65,112(2002 Census); 17,318(1989 Soviet census). As of the 2010 Census, it was the most populous rural locality in Russia.