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Tyrnyauz

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Also known as Tyrny-Auz

Tyrnyauz (; , Tırnıawuz) is a town and the administrative center of Elbrussky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located on the main road leading to the Upper Baksan valley area and on the main climbing route for Mount Elbrus. Population: Tyrnyauz is the largest town in the Baksan Valley and an essential provisioning point for trips into the Elbrus region.

Key facts

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Tyrnyauz
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Тырныауз
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Тырныаўуз
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Balkar
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Летний Тырныауз.jpg
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Tyrnyauz in Summer
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right
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Kabardino-Balkar Republic
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Elbrussky District
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Elbrussky District
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Town
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Elbrussky Municipal District
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Tyrnyauz Urban Settlement
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Elbrussky Municipal District
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Tyrnyauz Urban Settlement
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21000

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Гирхожан
Official language
Russian
Population
22334
Area
61.8
Elevation
1307
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Official website
admtyrnyauz.ru
Image
Зимний Тырныауз.jpg
Dialing code
86638
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category for people born here
Category:Births in Tyrnyauz
inception
1934-01-01
Commons category
Tyrnyauz
postal code
361621–361624
native label
Тырныаууз
Köppen climate classification
humid continental climate
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Tyrnyauz tragedy
  • Administrative and municipal status
  • Demographics
  • Ethnic composition
  • Notable people
  • References
  • Notes
  • Sources

Tyrnyauz (; , Tırnıawuz) is a town and the administrative center of Elbrussky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located on the main road leading to the Upper Baksan valley area and on the main climbing route for Mount Elbrus. Population: Tyrnyauz is the largest town in the Baksan Valley and an essential provisioning point for trips into the Elbrus region.

==History== The city was founded as the village of Gerkhozhan in 1934, at the discovery of the Tyrnyauz tungsten-molybdenum deposit. Prior to that, on the territory of the modern city there were villages - Gerkhozhan, Kamuk, Totur and El-Dzhurt.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tyrnyauz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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