Nalchik

Nalchik is the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, located at an altitude of 512 meters above sea level in the foothills of the Main Caucasian Range.Forms an urban district. The population is 238.7 thousand people (2019; 27.8% of the inhabitants of the republic; with settlements included in the urban district 264.8 thousand people). Located in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus (at an altitude of about 500 m), on the river. Nalchik. Railway station. The federal highway "Kavkaz" passes through Nalchik (Pavlovskaya - Nalchik - Grozny - Makhachkala - the border with Azerbaijan). International airport.