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Verkhniy Kurkuzhin, Russia
Верхний Куркужин
Verkhniy Kurkuzhin is a town of 3,129 people in Kabardino-Balkariya Republic, Russia, founded in 1852.
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Population3,129
GeoNames
Local nameВерхний Куркужин
Elevation788 m
2,585 ft
Founded1852
Time zoneEurope/Moscow
Land area64.7 km²
Nearest airportNalchik Airport (NAL)
36 km
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Getting there and nearby towns
Nalchik Airport (NAL) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 36 km away.
- Chegem 29 km southeast, about 29 min by car
- Shalushka 30 km southeast, about 30 min by car
- Nalchik 35 km southeast, about 35 min by car
- Goryachevodskiy 39 km north, about 39 min by car
- Novopavlovsk 41 km northeast, about 41 min by car
- Nartan 40 km southeast, about 40 min by car
- Svobody 41 km northwest, about 41 min by car
- Pyatigorsk 43 km northwest, about 43 min by car
- Tyrnyauz 45 km southwest, about 45 min by car
- Kislovodsk 51 km northwest, about 51 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
Photo credits
- Эльбрус - panoramio (1), Alkhimov Maxim, CC BY 3.0
- ISS023-E-6242 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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