- Alagir
Alagir (Ossetian and _ru. Алаги́р) is an industrial town and the administrative center of
Alagirsky District of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania,Russia , situated on the west bank of theArdon River , km to mi|54 west of the republic's capitalVladikavkaz . Population: ru-census|p2002=21496|p1989=21132History
The town was established in 1850 by Prince
Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov , the "namestnik " of theCaucasus , near an ancientsilver /lead mine in the nearbyAlagir Gorge . It was built up as a fortified settlement around a smelting plant and became a major mining center; it was granted town status in 1938. Alagir's economy is still dominated by mining and mineral extraction, but it also has a significant woodworking, canning and manufacturing industry.Ethnic groups
Major ethnic groups comprising the town's population, as of 2002, are:
*Ossetians (91.07%)
*Russians (6.19%)References
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