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Annual average rate of 2007:
1 USD ($ USD) = 29.39 rub.
1 EUR (€) = 41,42 rub.
Currencies exchange rates (as of 11.06.2010):
1 USD ($ USD) = 31.5742 rub.
1 EUR (€) = 38.0217 rub.
15.01.2010
Inflation 0.7% Изм. 0%
Gold and currency reserves 441.4 bln. USD
Oil Brent (ICE) 71.62
USD/ barrel
GDP II квартал 2009 год 9 326,4 bln. Rub.
Exports 24,5 Изм 1,8 bln. USD
Imports 15.5 Изм. 1.6 bln. USD
Fixed asset
investments 01.07.09г. 621,7 Изм. -49.4 bln. Rub.
Consumer price index
(as of 01.8 / 31.08.2009) 100 Изм. 0%
- for food
commodities 99.1 Изм. - 1.5%
- for non-food
products 100.6 Изм. - 0.2%
- for paid services rendered to the population 100.4 Изм. - 0.4%
Forecast rates on
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North Ossetia-Alania Republic
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Area, km2:
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8 000
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Time zone:
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GMT+3
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Administrative center (city):
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Vladikavkaz
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Population (inhabitants):
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701,95
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Share of urban population (%):
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64,5
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Gross regional product, 2005 (million rubles):
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42 800.2
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Gross regional product per capita, 2005 (rubles):
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60 978.5
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Fixed capital investment, 2006 (million rubles) :
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6559
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The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (Russian: Респу́блика Се́верная Осе́тия–Ала́ния; Ossetic: Республикæ Цæгат Ирыстон — Алани) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). The direct romanization of the Russian name of the republic is Respublika Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya. Its name in Ossetic transliterates (in the ISO 9-system) as Respublikă Căgat Iryston - Alani.
The Republic is located in the northern Caucasus. The northern part of the republic is situated in the Stavropol Plain. 22% of the republic's territory is covered by forests.
• Area: 8,000 square kilometers (3,088.8 sq mi)
• Borders:
o internal: Kabardino-Balkar Republic (W/NW/N), Stavropol Krai (N), Chechen Republic (NE/E), Republic of Ingushetia (E/SE)
o international: Georgia (including South Ossetia) (SE/S/SW)
• Highest point: Mount Dzhimara (4,780 meters (15,682 ft))
• Maximum N->S distance: 130 kilometers (81 mi)
• Maximum E->W distance: 120 kilometers (75 mi)
North Ossetia-Alania is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).
Natural resources include minerals (copper, silver, zinc), timber, mineral waters, hydroelectric power, and untapped reserves of oil and gas.
Despite the inevitable economic burden of a sizeable refugee population, North Ossetia is the most well-to-do republic in the northern Caucasus.[citation needed] It is the most urbanized and the most industrialized, with factories producing metals (lead, zinc, tungsten, etc.), electronics, chemicals, and processed foods.
Local agriculture focuses primarily on livestock, especially sheep and goats, and the cultivation of grains, fruit, and cotton.
There is an airport in Vladikavkaz. Overall, the transport infrastructure is well-developed, with railroads and automobile roads being the principal means of transportation. The famous Georgian Military Road connects Vladikavkaz with Transcaucasia.
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Contact information
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Region's website
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Governor
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Alexander Dzasokhov
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