Znar ( Osset. Znauir , cargo. ყორნისი, former ზნაური - Kornisi , Znauri ) is an urban-type village in Transcaucasia .
| Settlement | |
| Znaur | |
|---|---|
| Osset. Znauyr , cargo. ყორნისი | |
| A country | South Ossetia / Georgia [1] |
| Area | Znaursky district [2] / Karelian municipality of Shida-Kartli region [3] |
| History and Geography | |
| Former names | Cornisi |
| Center height | 786 m |
| Population | |
| Population | 451 [4] people ( 2015 ) |
| Nationalities | Ossetians , Georgians , Russians |
| Denominations | Orthodox |
| Katoykonim | nobility |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Car code | RSO |
According to the administrative-territorial division of partially recognized South Ossetia , which controls the village, it is the administrative center of the Znaursky district of South Ossetia ; according to the administrative-territorial division of Georgia , it formally belongs to the Karelian municipality of the Shida-Kartli region of Georgia .
Content
Geography
Located on the Prone Sredna River (a tributary of the Ptsa River, the Kura basin), at an altitude of 790 meters above sea level. 25 km west of Tskhinval . Named in honor of the Ossetian revolutionary Znaur Aydarov .
Infrastructure
In Znaur, the woodworking and food industries are developed, and infrastructure facilities operate: libraries, a hospital, pharmacies, preschool and school [5] educational institutions.
There is a House of Culture of Znaursky district . On July 10, 2009, in the house of culture, Kalmyk artists staged various performances. [6]
- The village also has :
Secondary school, music school, district hospital, folk theater, District library.
Notes
- ↑ This locality is located on the territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Region , which is disputed . According to the administrative-territorial division of Georgia , the disputed territory (“ Tskhinvali region ”) is divided between the Akhalgori , Gori , Javi , Karelian , Onsk and Sachkher municipalities . In fact, the disputed territory is occupied by the partially recognized state of the Republic of South Ossetia .
- ↑ Under the jurisdiction of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia
- ↑ According to the jurisdiction of Georgia
- ↑ Results of the 2015 General Population Census of the Republic of South Ossetia / Responsible for the release: I.R. Tibilov , T.V. Bazaev , R.R. Zasseyeva , M.E. Pukhaev , A.V. Siukaev , M. Kh. Guchmazova . - Tskhinval: Office of State Statistics of the Republic of South Ossetia, 2016. - 452 p.
- ↑ “SKGMI gave summer impressions to children from South Ossetia” - OSinform (07.17.2009)
- ↑ “Guests from Kalmykia brightened the everyday life of the residents of the district” (inaccessible link) - Socio-political newspaper “South Ossetia”
Topographic maps
- Map sheet K-38-64 Tskhinvali . Scale: 1: 100,000. State of the terrain for 1987. 1989 Edition