Digora

city Digora Дигора ( Russian ) Дигорӕ ( Ossetian ) Federal district North Caucasus republic North Ossetia-Alania Rajon Digora Founded 1852 Earlier names Wolno-Christianowski Novochristianowskoje Christianowskoje City since 1964 surface 9  km² population 10,856 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1206 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 460  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86733 Post Code 363410 License Plate 15th OKATO 90 215 501 Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 9 '  N , 44 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 9 '0 "  N , 44 ° 9' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in North Ossetia-Alania

List of cities in Russia

Digora ( Russian Дигора , Ossetian Дигорӕ ^{? / I} ) is a city in the North Caucasian Republic of North Ossetia-Alania with 10,856 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the northern edge of the Greater Caucasus , in the Ossetian plain about 50 km northwest of the republic capital Vladikavkaz on the Ursdon , a left tributary of the Terek .

Digora is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

The town is the terminus of a 24 km cargo terminal distance from the station Darg-Koch of railway prokhladny -Wladikawkas over the neighboring city Ardon .

history

The place arose in 1852 as a village of Christianized Ossetians, initially under the name Wolno-Christianowski , later Novochristianowskoje , then Christianowskoje . In 1934 it was renamed Digora , after one of the Ossetians' own names, digoron . In 1964 the place received city rights under this name.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	9,695
1959	8,352
1979	10,642
1989	10,875
2002	11,819
2010	10,856

Note: census data

economy

In Digora there is a factory for cardboard boxes and various companies in the food industry. The city is the center of an agricultural area.

sons and daughters of the town

• Artur Wladimirowitsch Akojew (* 1966), weightlifter
• Alan Gogajew (* 1990), wrestler
• Alan Karajew (born 1977), sumo wrestler

Web links

• Digora on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)