The
Kabardino-Balkar Republic (,
Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika;
Kabardian: Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ;
Karachay-Balkar: Къабарты-Малкъар Республика), or
Kabardino-Balkaria (,
Kabardino-Balkariya), is a
federal subject of
Russia (a
republic) located in the North Caucasus. As of the
2010 Census, its population was 859,939 on 12,500 square km. Its capital is
Nalchik.