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Enikali

Coordinates: 43°04′25″N 46°09′20″E / 43.07361°N 46.15556°E / 43.07361; 46.15556
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Enikali

Enikali (Russian: Эникали, Chechen: Энакхаьлла,[1] Enaqälla) is a village (selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status

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Municipally, Enikali is incorporated as Enikalinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is one of the two settlements, and the only inhabited one, included in it.[2]

Geography

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Map of Kurchaloyevsky District. Enikali ("Эникали") is in the south

Enikali is located on the right bank of the Gums River. It is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-east of the town of Kurchaloy and is 47 kilometres (29 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny.

The nearest settlements to Enikali are Achereshki in the north-west, Koren-Benoy in the north, Yalkhoy-Mokhk and Belty in the north-east, Khashki-Mokhk in the east, Gezinchu and Sherdy-Mokhk in the south-east, and Guni in the south-west.[3]

History

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In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Enikali was renamed to Bezhta, and settled by people from the village of Bezhta in the neighbouring republic of Dagestan.[4]

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

Population

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  • 2002 Census: 1,022[5]
  • 2010 Census: 1,130[6]

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

The teip composition of the village includes the Enakaloy, Tsontaroy and Ersenoy.

References

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  1. ^ "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
  2. ^ "Сельское поселение Эникалинское (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. ^ Kashnitsky, Ilya (11 April 2017). "Municipality level Russian Census data 2002 and 2010". doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/CSKMU. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.

43°04′25″N 46°09′20″E / 43.07361°N 46.15556°E / 43.07361; 46.15556