North Caucasus
The North Caucasus is a region of the Caucasus in southwestern Russia, bordering Georgia and Azerbaijan to the south and Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, and Kalmykia to the north.Tap on the map to travel |
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Chechnya
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For most international travellers, the Chechen Republic, a republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia, is a remarkably unknown place.
North Ossetia
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North Ossetia-Alania is a republic within the Russian Caucasus bordering Kabardino-Balkaria to the west, Stavropol Krai to the north, Chechnya and Ingushetia to the east. Georgia and South Ossetia lie to the south.
Kabardino-Balkaria
Kabardino-Balkaria is a region in the Russian Caucasus bordering Karachay-Cherkessia to the west, Stavropol Krai to the north, North Ossetia to the east, and Georgia.Destinations
Dagestan
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Dagestan is the most culturally diverse republic in the Caucasus, and at the Caspian Gates between Persia and Europe has been of historic significance since antiquity.
Ingushetia
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Ingushetia is a republic in Russia's North Caucasus bordering North Ossetia to the west, Chechnya to the east, and Georgia to the south.
Karachay-Cherkessia
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Karachay-Cherkessia is a region in the Russian Caucasus bordering Krasnodar Krai to the west, Stavropol Krai to the north, Kabardino-Balkaria to the east, and Georgia to the south.
North Caucasus
- Type: region
- Description: subregion in Eastern Europe
- Location: Southern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude of centre
43.405° or 43° 24' 18" northLongitude of centre
43.8318° or 43° 49' 54" eastWikidata ID
Q37736North Caucasus Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: القوقاز الشمالي
- Arabic: شمال القوقاز
- Armenian: Հյուսիսային Կովկաս
- Asturian: El Cáucasu Norte
- Asturian: El Cáucasu del Norte
- Asturian: El Cáucasu septentrional
- Avaric: Хьундасеб Кавказ
- Avaric: Шималияб Кавказ
- Azerbaijani: Şimali Qafqaz
- Bashkir: Төньяҡ Кавказ
- Basque: Iparraldeko Kaukaso
- Belarusian: Паўночны Каўказ
- Bengali: উত্তর ককেশাস
- Bengali: নর্থ ককেশাস
- Bulgarian: Северен Кавказ
- Catalan: Caucas Nord
- Catalan: Caucas del Nord
- Catalan: Ciscaucàsia
- Chechen: Къилбаседа Кавказ
- Chinese: 內高加索
- Chinese: 北高加索
- Chuvash: Çурçĕр Арамаçи
- Chuvash: Çурçĕр Кавказ
- Croatian: Sjeverni Kavkaz
- Czech: Severní Kavkaz
- Danish: Nordkaukasien
- Dimli (individual language): Qefqasya Zımey
- Dutch: Ciskaukasië
- Dutch: Noord-Kaukasus
- Dutch: Noordelijke Kaukasus
- Egyptian Arabic: القوقاز الشمالى
- English: Ciscaucasia
- English: Predkavkazye
- English: Severnyy Kavkaz
- Esperanto: Nord-Kaŭkazo
- Esperanto: Norda Kaŭkazio
- Esperanto: Norda Kaŭkazo
- Estonian: Ees-Kaukaasia
- Estonian: Põhja-Kaukaasia
- Finnish: Pohjois-Kaukasia
- Finnish: Pohjois-Kaukasus
- French: Caucase du Nord
- French: Caucase septentrional
- French: Ciscaucasie
- French: Nord-Caucase
- French: Nord Caucase
- Georgian: იმიერკავკასია
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი კავკასია
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთ კავკასია
- Georgian: ჩრდილო კავკასია
- German: Nordkaukasien
- German: Nordkaukasus
- German: Region Nordkaukasus
- Greek: Ciscaucasia
- Greek: Βόρειος Καύκασος
- Guarani: Yvatekáukaso
- Hakka Chinese: Pet Kavkaz
- Hausa: Pet Kavkaz
- Hebrew: צפון-הקווקז
- Hebrew: צפון הקווקז
- Hebrew: צפון קווקז
- Indonesian: Kaukasus Utara
- Ingush: Даькъасте
- Italian: Caucaso del Nord
- Italian: Caucaso settentrionale
- Italian: Ciscaucasia
- Italian: Ciscaucasica
- Italian: Ciscaucaso
- Italian: Regione ciscaucasica
- Italian: Russia ciscaucasica
- Japanese: 北カフカス
- Japanese: 北カフカース
- Japanese: 北カフカーズ
- Japanese: 北コーカサス
- Kabardian: Ищхъэрэ Къаукъаз
- Karachay-Balkar: Шимал Кавказ
- Kazakh: Солтүстік Кавказ
- Korean: 북카프카스
- Korean: 북 캅카스
- Korean: 북캅카스
- Korean: 북 코카서스
- Korean: 북코카서스
- Korean: 시스코카시아
- Latin: Caucasus Septentrionalis
- Latvian: Ziemeļkaukāzs
- Lezghian: Кеферпатан Къавкъаз
- Literary Chinese: 北高加索
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės Kaukazas
- Macedonian: Северен Кавказ
- Malagasy: Siskaokazia
- Malay: Caucasus Utara
- Malay: Kaukasus Utara
- Mingrelian: ოორუე კავკაცია
- Norwegian: Nord-Kaukasia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nord-Kaukasus
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nord-Kaukasus
- Ossetian: Цæгат Кавказ
- Persian: شمال قفقاز
- Persian: قفقاز شمالی
- Polish: Kaukaz Północny
- Polish: Przedkaukazie
- Portuguese: Antecáucaso
- Portuguese: Ciscaucasia
- Portuguese: Ciscaucásia
- Portuguese: Ciscáucaso
- Portuguese: Cáucaso Norte
- Portuguese: Cáucaso do Norte
- Portuguese: Norte do Cáucaso
- Romanian: Caucazul de Nord
- Russian: Российский Кавказ
- Russian: Северного Кавказа
- Russian: Северный Кавказ
- Russian: Северо-кавказский регион
- Rusyn: Сѣверный Кавказ
- Serbian: Сјеверни Кавказ
- Slovak: Severné Kaukazsko
- Slovenian: Severni Kavkaz
- South Azerbaijani: قوزئی قافقاز
- Spanish: Caucaso Norte
- Spanish: Caucaso del Norte
- Spanish: Ciscaucasia
- Spanish: Cáucaso Norte
- Spanish: Cáucaso del Norte
- Spanish: Cáucaso septentrional
- Swedish: Nordkaukasien
- Swedish: Nordkaukasus
- Tatar: Төньяк Кавказ
- Thai: คอเคซัสเหนือ
- Turkish: Kuzey Kafkasya
- Ukrainian: Північний Кавказ
- Urdu: شمالی قفقاز
- Uzbek: Shimoliy Kavkaz
- Venetian: Ciscaucàzia
- Vietnamese: Bắc Kavkaz
- Welsh: Gogledd y Cawcasws
- Western Panjabi: اتلا قفقاز
- Western Panjabi: شمالی قفقاز
- Wu Chinese: 北高加索
- Yue Chinese: 北高加索
- Kofkasê Zımey
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page North Caucasus. Photo: Лобачев Владимир, CC BY-SA 3.0.