North Ossetia [Republic] - Severnaya Osetiya (English spelling)

Japanese: 北オセティア[共和国] - きたオセティア（英語表記）Severnaya Osetiya

A republic in the North Caucasus, southwest of the Russian Federation. It was the North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Its area is 8,000 km2 and its population is 632,400 (1989). Its capital is Vladikavkaz (1931-1990, Ordzhonikidze). It is located in the mountains on the northern slope of the central Greater Caucasus Mountains, with a basin in the Terek River basin. (Incidentally, South Ossetia, adjacent to it across the Greater Caucasus Mountains, is an autonomous oblast within the Republic of Georgia, formed in April 1922, with an area of 3,900 km2, a population of 99,000, and its capital, Tskhinvali.)

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ロシア連邦南西部，北カフカスの共和国。ソ連邦解体までは北オセティア自治ソビエト社会主義共和国であった。面積8000km2，人口63万2400(1989)。首都はウラジカフカス(1931‐90年はオルジョニキーゼ)。大カフカス山脈中央部の北斜面の山地に位置し，テレク川流域に盆地がある(ちなみに大カフカス山脈をはさんで隣接する南オセティアはグルジア共和国内の自治州で，1922年4月に形成され，面積3900km2，人口9万9000，州都はツヒンバリ)。

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