Alagir

Alagir (Russian: Алаги́р; Ossetian: Алагир) is an industrial town and the administrative center of Alagirsky District in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia, located on the west bank of the Ardon River, 54 kilometers (34 mi) west of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 20,949.

Alagir
Алагир
Other transcription(s)
  OsseticАлагир
The Cathedral of the Assumption, Alagir
Location of Alagir
Alagir
Location of Alagir
Alagir
Alagir (North Ossetia–Alania)
Coordinates: 43°02′N 44°14′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNorth Ossetia–Alania
Administrative districtAlagirsky District
Town Under District JurisdictionAlagir
Founded1850
Town status since1938
Elevation
600 m (2,000 ft)
Population
  Total20,949
  Estimate 
(2018)
20,043 (−4.3%)
  Capital ofAlagirsky District, Alagir Town Under District Jurisdiction
  Municipal districtAlagirsky Municipal District
  Urban settlementAlagirskoye Urban Settlement
  Capital ofAlagirsky Municipal District, Alagirskoye Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)
363240–363243, 363245, 363246
Dialing code(s)+7 86731
OKTMO ID90605101001
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