| En Name: | Nartkala |
| Ru Name: | Нарткала |
| Loc Name1: | Нарткъалэ |
| Loc Lang1: | Kabardian |
| Loc Lang2: | Balkar |
| Coordinates: | 43.55°N 94°W |
| Map Label Position: | right |
| Federal Subject: | Kabardino-Balkar Republic |
| Adm District Jur: | Urvansky District |
| Adm Ctr Of: | Urvansky District |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun District Jur: | Urvansky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Nartkala Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Urvansky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Nartkala Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 31694 |
| Established Date: | 1913 |
| Current Cat Date: | 1955 |
| Website: | http://www.ur.adm-kbr.ru/index.php/g-p-nartkala |
Nartkala (Russian: Нарткала́|p=nərtkɐˈɫa; Kabardian: Kabardian: Нарткъалэ) is a town and the administrative center of Urvansky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located 25km (16miles) northeast of Nalchik. Population:
It was founded in 1913 as the railway station of Dokshukino (Russian: Докшу́кино|p=dɐkˈʂukʲɪnə); town status was granted to it in 1955.[1] It was renamed Nartkala in 1967; the current name mean the city of the Narts (ancestors of various peoples of the Caucasus).
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nartkala serves as the administrative center of Urvansky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[2] As a municipal division, the town of Nartkala is incorporated within Urvansky Municipal District as Nartkala Urban Settlement.[3]
Population:
As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was:[4]
55.4%
31.5%
3.2%
2.0%
1.7%
1.0%