Uchkeken: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 15,118
• Coordinates: 43.9451° N, 42.5165° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 1,358 km (844 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV): 55 km (34 mi), straight line
• Nalchik Airport (NAL): 102 km (63 mi), straight line
• Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport (STW): 133 km (83 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kislovodsk: 17 km (10 mi)
• Yessentuki: 30 km (18 mi)
• Suvorovskaya: 30 km (18 mi)
• Yessentukskaya: 30 km (19 mi)
• Lermontov: 41 km (26 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kislovodsk, 17 km (10 mi)