Baksan

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Coordinates: 43°40′57″N 43°32′2″E / 43.6825, 43.53389

Baksan (Russian: Бакса́н) is a town in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, located 24 km north-west of Nalchik on the left bank of the Baksan River (Terek's basin). Population: 35,805 (2002 Census). Urban-type settlement status since 1964; town status since 1967.