Sunzha
Sunzha
Сунжа | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Ingush | Шолжа-Пхье |
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Sunzha Location of Sunzha Sunzha Sunzha (Republic of Ingushetia) | |
| Coordinates: 43°19′N 45°04′E / 43.317°N 45.067°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Ingushetia |
| Founded | 1845 |
| Town status since | 2016 |
| Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 61,598 |
• Estimate (2024) | 62,843 (+2%) |
| • Capital of | Sunzhensky District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code | 386200-386204 |
| OKTMO ID | 26720000001 |
| Website | www |
Sunzha (Russian: Сунжа, romanized: Sunzha; Ingush: Шолжа-Пхье, romanized: Šolža-Pꜧe) is a town and the administrative center of the Sunzhensky District of the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. Before 2016 it was a rural locality (stanitsa) called Ordzhonikidzevskaya, after Soviet political leader Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze.
Population: 61,598 (2010 census); 65,112 (2002 census); 17,318 (1989 Soviet census). As of the 2010 Census, it was the most populous rural locality in Russia.