Ardon, North Ossetia–Alania
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Ardon (Template:Langx; Template:Langx, Ærydon) is a town and the administrative center of Ardonsky District in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia, located in the center of the republic on the west bank of the Ardon River, Template:Convert northwest of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 18,774.<ref name="2010Census">Template:Ru-pop-ref</ref>
History
It was founded in 1824 and was granted town status in 1964.Template:Citation needed
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ardon serves as the administrative center of Ardonsky District.<ref name="RNorthOssetia_adm">Law #34-RZ</ref> As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities (the settlements of Bekan and Stepnoy), incorporated within Ardonsky District as Ardon Town Under District Jurisdiction.<ref name="RNorthOssetia_adm" /> As a municipal division, the town of Ardon and the settlement of Bekan (but not the settlement of Stepnoy) are incorporated within Ardonsky Municipal District as Ardonskoye Urban Settlement.<ref name="RNorthOssetiaArdonskyD_mun">Law #12-RZ</ref>
Economy
The town is an important road and rail junction at the head of a branch line to the southern town of Alagir. It grew significantly in the 1960s, transforming into an industrial-agricultural hub with a cannery, a hemp processing factory, and other facilities for food and agricultural processing.Template:Citation needed
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