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Dzhigurty

Coordinates: 43°09′50″N 46°10′45″E / 43.16389°N 46.17917°E / 43.16389; 46.17917
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Dzhigurty

Dzhigurty (Russian: Джигурты, Chechen: ЖугӀурта, Ƶuġurta) is a village (selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status

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Municipally, Dzhigurty is incorporated as Dzhigurtinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it.[1]

Geography

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Map of Kurchaloyevsky District. Dzhigurty ("Джигурты") is in the center

Dzhigurty is located on the right bank of the Gums River. It is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south-east of the town of Kurchaloy and is 53 kilometres (33 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny.

The nearest settlements to Dzhigurty are Bachi-Yurt and Akhmat-Yurt in the north-east, Gansolchu in the south-east, Akhkinchu-Borzoy and Yalkhoy-Mokhk in the south, Khidi-Khutor in the south-west, and Mayrtup in the north-west.

History

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The name Dzhigurty originates from the Chechen: жагӏа ара тӏе, translating roughly as "gravel meadow". Weapons such as daggers and blades were made in the village.[2] Due to this, during the 18th and 19th centuries, Dzhigurty became a center for the production of such weapons in the north-eastern Caucasus.

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Dzhigurty was renamed to Mulebki, and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of Dagestan.[3]

In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Dzhigurty.

Population

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  • 2002 Census: 1,752
  • 2010 Census: 1,967[4]
  • 2018 estimate: 2,178

According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Dzhigurty were ethnic Chechens.

Education

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The village hosts the Dzhigurty Municipal Secondary School.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Сельское поселение Джугуртинское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
  2. ^ "Часть 2: Д - К / Топонимический словарь Кавказа / Т: / Абхазская интернет-библиотека / Абхазская интернет-библиотека".
  3. ^ "Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920–2000 годы)". www.demoscope.ru.
  4. ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.
  5. ^ "Globalstat - МБОУ "ДЖУГУРТИНСКАЯ СШ ИМ. Д.В. ИБРАГИМОВА" ИНН 2006002569 ОГРН 1092032001412". globalstat.ru.

43°09′50″N 46°10′45″E / 43.16389°N 46.17917°E / 43.16389; 46.17917