Digora

For the soccer team, see FC Digora.

Digora (Russian: Дигора́; Ossetian: Дигорæ, Digoræ) is a town and the administrative center of Digorsky District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, located on the Ursdon River (left tributary of the Terek), 49 kilometers (30 mi) northwest of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 10,856.^[2]

Digora Дигора
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
• Ossetic	Дигорæ
Location of Digora
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Coordinates: 43°09′29″N 44°09′25″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	North Ossetia–Alania[1]
Administrative district	Digorsky District[1]
Town Under District Jurisdiction	Digora[1]
Founded	1852
Town status since	1964
Elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	10,856
Administrative status
• Capital of	Digorsky District,[1] Digora Town Under District Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Digorsky Municipal District[3]
• Urban settlement	Digorskoye Urban Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Digorsky Municipal District,[3] Digorskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	363410
Dialing code(s)	+7 86733
OKTMO ID	90615101001

Digora population

2010 Census	10,856[2]
2002 Census	11,819[6]
1989 Census	10,875[7]
1979 Census	10,642[8]

History

Founded in 1852 as the aul of Volno-Khristianovsky (Во́льно-Христиа́новский) and later renamed the selo of Novokhristianovskoye (Новохристиа́новское) and Khristianovskoye (Христиа́новское), it was finally given its present name in 1934.^{[citation needed]} It was granted town status in 1964.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Digora serves as the administrative center of Digorsky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Digorsky District as Digora Town Under District Jurisdiction.^[1] As a municipal division, Digora Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Digorsky Municipal District as Digorskoye Urban Settlement.^[3]