Nartkala

Nartkala (; Kabardian: ) is a town and the administrative center of Urvansky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located northeast of Nalchik. Population:

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Nartkala
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Нарткала
Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1: Нарткъалэ
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1: Kabardian
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang2: Balkar
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Нарткъалэ.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Nartkala
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Urvansky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of: Urvansky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur: Urvansky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur: Nartkala Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1: Urvansky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2: Nartkala Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 31694
Russian inhabited locality.established_date: 1913

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Nartkala (; Kabardian: ) is a town and the administrative center of Urvansky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located northeast of Nalchik. Population:

==History== It was founded in 1913 as the railway station of Dokshukino (); town status was granted to it in 1955. It was renamed Nartkala in 1967; the current name mean the city of the Narts (ancestors of various peoples of the Caucasus).

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