Koban

General information - Location

Country	Russia
Location in country	Southeast (of European part Russia)
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 44.533,Lat: 42.933
Elevation	1308 meter above sea level
Local time	14:27:09pm
Name region/province:	North Ossetia
Name subregion:	North Ossetia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Beslan	12.1 km	North
2 Gizel	12.7 km	North
3 Arkhonskaya	16.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Vladikavkaz	19 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Tarskoye	21.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 თბილისი (Tbilisi)	Georgia	140 km	SouthEast
2 Chişinău	Moldova	1297 km	West
3 Nicosia	Cyprus	1322 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 250 km (direction SouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Georgia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Terek main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Terek. The nearest bigger lake is ყელის ტბა (1.3 km² at a height of around 2920 meter above sea level) at a distance of 53.9 km in Southern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Kazbek (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 26.4 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Russian-Georgian border with a straight distance of 18.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 26 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 2%, moderate high mountains: 80%, high mountains: 18%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Grozny North Airport (at a distance of 109 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Beslan Airport (at a distance of 31 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Koban in country Russia

Koban at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historical Monuments of Mtskheta	Georgia	122 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Upper Svaneti	Georgia	123 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gelati Monastery	Georgia	163 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Koban
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gizel’

Type of weather in Gizel’	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	03:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:04 Europe/Amsterdam