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South Ossetia, [a] officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, [7] is a partially recognised [8] landlocked country in the South Caucasus. [9] It has an officially stated population of just over 56,500 people (2022), who live in an area of 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi), with 33,000 living in the capital city, Tskhinvali.
Tskhinvali (Georgian: ცხინვალი [ˈt͡sʰχinʷali] ⓘ) or Tskhinval (Ossetian: Цхинвал, Чъреба, romanized: Cxinval, Čreba, Ossetian pronunciation: [t͡sχinˈvɒɫ, ˈt͡ʃʼɾʲebɑ] ⓘ; Russian: Цхинвал(и), romanized: Tskhinval(i), [tsxʲɪnˈval(ʲɪ)]) is the capital of the disputed de facto independent Republic of South Ossetia, internationally ...
South Ossetia [n 1] Capital: Tskhinvali: Government • Head of administration: ... Ossetian: Цхинвалы район) is a district of South Ossetia. ...
Aden, the former capital of South Yemen, is Yemen's acting capital. Sanaa (de jure) Episkopi Cantonment Akrotiri and Dhekelia: British Overseas Territory. Algiers Algeria: Africa: Alofi Niue: Oceania: Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. Government offices are spread across both Alofi North and Alofi South. Amman Jordan: Asia ...
This is a list of East, South, and Southeast Asian capitals. East Asia. Name Country View Population Mayor or governor or president Beijing: China:
Map showing North and South Ossetia. Ossetia (/ ɒ ˈ s ɛ t i ə / ⓘ o-SET-ee-ə, less common: / ɒ ˈ s iː ʃ ə / ⓘ o-SEE-shə; Ossetian: Ирыстон or Ир, romanized: Iryston or Ir, pronounced) is an ethnolinguistic region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians.
Following the Russian revolution, [3] the area of modern South Ossetia became part of the Democratic Republic of Georgia. [4] In 1918, conflict began between the landless Ossetian peasants living in Shida Kartli (Interior Georgia), who were influenced by Bolshevism and demanded ownership of the lands they worked, and the Menshevik government backed ethnic Georgian aristocrats, who were legal ...
South Ossetia: De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela, Abkhazia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia. 42.25 Kutaisi (legislative) Georgia: 42.43 Podgorica (official) Cetinje (seat of the President) Montenegro: 42.5 Andorra la ...