What is Vladikavkaz?
[[Image:View of Vladikavkaz.jpg|thumb|250px|A view of Vladikavkaz]] [[Image:Coat of arms of Vladikavkaz.png|right|90px]] '''Vladikavkaz''' ({{lang-ru|Владикавка́з|p=vlədʲɪkɐˈfkas}}, lit. ''ruler of the [[Caucasus]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vladikavkaz-osetia.ru/city/history.php |title=История - АМС г. Владикавказа |access-date=2012-05-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521140353/http://vladikavkaz-osetia.ru/city/history.php |archive-date=May 21, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} the official Ossetic name>Дзæуджыхъæу (Dzæudžyqæu)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://region15.ru/docs/vladikavkaz|title=15-й РЕГИОН: Владикавказ|last=region15.ru|website=«15-й РЕГИОН»|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422131712/http://region15.ru/docs/vladikavkaz|archive-date=April 22, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.cntd.ru/document/304200016|title=КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ СЕВЕРНАЯ ОСЕТИЯ - АЛАНИЯ (с изменениями на: 10.05.2017), Конституция Республики Северная Осетия - Алания от 12 ноября 1994 года|website=docs.cntd.ru|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928001557/http://docs.cntd.ru/document/304200016|archive-date=September 28, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>) formerly known as '''Ordzhonikidze''' ({{lang|ru|Орджоники́дзе}}) and '''Dzaudzhikau''' ({{lang|ru|Дзауджика́у}}), is the [[capital city]] of the [[North Ossetia-Alania|Republic of North Ossetia-Alania]], [[Russia]]. It is in the southeast of the republic at the foothills of the [[Caucasus Mountains]], on the [[Terek River]]. As of 2024, 300,000 people lived there. It is one of the most populous cities in the [[North Caucasus]]. The city is an [[industry|industrial]] and [[transport|transportation center]]. Manufactured products include processed [[zinc]] and [[lead]], [[machinery]], [[chemical substance|chemicals]], [[clothing]] and [[food|food products]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{Russian republics capitals}} {{Cities of Military Glory}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1784 establish