Engel-Yurt

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Coordinates: 43°19′37″N 46°21′14″E / 43.32694°N 46.35389°E / 43.32694; 46.35389 Engel-Yurt (Russian: Энгель-Юрт, Chechen: Энгал-Юрт[1]) is a rural locality (a selo) in Gudermessky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status[]

Municipally, Engel-Yurt is incorporated as . It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.[2]

Geography[]

Map of Gudermessky District with Engel-Yurt highlighted

Engel-Yurt is located on the left bank of the , not far from the border with Dagestan. It is 24 kilometres (15 mi) east of the city of Gudermes and 60 kilometres (37 mi) north-east of the city of Grozny.

The nearest settlements to Engel-Yurt are and Azamat-Yurt in the north-west, in the north, in the north-east, in the east, in the south-east, and and Biltoy-Yurt in the south-west.[3]

History[]

Engel-Yurt was founded in 1770.

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Engel-Yurt was renamed, and was settled by people from the neighbouring republic of Dagestan.[4] From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Dagestan ASSR.

In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Engel-Yurt.[5]

Population[]

  • 1990 Census: 4,011[6]
  • 2002 Census: 5,496[7]
  • 2010 Census: 4,458[8]
  • 2020 estimate: 5,856

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Engel-Yurt were ethnic Chechens.

Teips[]

Residents of Engel-Yurt come from the following teips:

  • Aitkhalloy
  • Engenoy
  • Kurchaloy
  • Biltoy
  • Zandakoy
  • Shonoy

Education[]

Engel-Yurt hosts two secondary schools.

References[]

  1. ^ "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
  2. ^ "Сельское поселение Энгель-Юртовское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
  3. ^ "Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн". 1maps.ru.
  4. ^ "Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920-2000 годы)". www.demoscope.ru.
  5. ^ "О восстановлении Чечено-Ингушской АССР и упразднении Грозненской области". lawru.info (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  6. ^ "Наши издания - Архивное управление Правительства Чеченской Республики". arhiv-chr.ru.
  7. ^ Kashnitsky, Ilya (11 April 2017). "Municipality level Russian Census data 2002 and 2010". doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/CSKMU.
  8. ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.
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