Map of Baksan, Russia

Baksan is a city in Kabardino-Balkariya Republic, Russia, with a population of about 37,519. It lies at 43.6837°N, 43.5351°E. Baksan is about 1,407 km (874 mi) south of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Nalchik, 22 km to the south.

Baksan at a glance

Where is Baksan?

• The 3rd largest city in Kabardino-Balkariya Republic on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 55 min on the shortest day to 15 h 27 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Baksan

• Nalchik — 22 km south
• Nartkala — 29 km southeast
• Prokhladnyy — 41 km east
• Goryachevodskiy — 52 km northwest
• Georgiyevsk — 52 km north
• Pyatigorsk — 56 km northwest
• Mineralnye Vody — 67 km northwest
• Yessentuki — 68 km northwest
• Kislovodsk — 70 km west
• Zelenokumsk — 85 km north

Largest cities in Kabardino-Balkariya Republic

• Nalchik — 239,300
• Prokhladnyy — 60,800
• Nartkala — 33,390

Largest cities in Russia

• Moscow — 10,381,222
• Saint Petersburg — 5,351,935
• Novosibirsk — 1,612,833
• Yekaterinburg — 1,495,066
• Nizhniy Novgorod — 1,259,013
• Kazan — 1,243,500
• Chelyabinsk — 1,202,371
• Omsk — 1,172,070
• Samara — 1,163,399
• Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.