Digora is a town and the administrative center of Digorsky District

Digorsky District

Digorsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the eight in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Digora. District's population: 20,625 ; Population of Digora accounts for 56.2% of the district's population....

 of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located 49 kilometres (30.4 mi) northwest of Vladikavkaz

Vladikavkaz

-Notable structures:In Vladikavkaz, there is a guyed TV mast, tall, built in 1961, which has six crossbars with gangways in two levels running from the mast structure to the guys.-Twin towns/sister cities:...

 on the Ursdon River (left tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the Terek). Population:

Founded in 1852 as the aul

Aul

An aul is a type of fortified village found throughout the Caucasus mountains, especially in Dagestan.The word itself is of Turkic origine and means simply village in many Turkic languages....

of Volno-Khristianovsky , and later renamed the selo of Novokhristianovskoye and Khristianovskoye , it was finally given its present name in 1934. It was granted town status in 1964.