Alagirsky District
Encyclopedia
Alagirsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion
), one of the eight in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia
. It is located in the central and southern portions of the republic along the Russian border with South Ossetia
/Georgia
. Its administrative center is the town of Alagir
. District's population: 38,581 (2002 Census
); Population of Alagir accounts for 54.0% of the district's population.
The major part of the district is located in the mountainous part of the republic. Tsey ski resort is located in the district.
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
), one of the eight in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It is located in the central and southern portions of the republic along the Russian border with South Ossetia
South Ossetia
South Ossetia or Tskhinvali Region is a disputed region and partly recognized state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic....
/Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
. Its administrative center is the town of Alagir
Alagir
Alagir is an industrial town and the administrative center of Alagirsky District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, situated on the west bank of the Ardon River, west of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz...
. District's population: 38,581 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)
Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...
); Population of Alagir accounts for 54.0% of the district's population.
The major part of the district is located in the mountainous part of the republic. Tsey ski resort is located in the district.