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Argun, Chechen Republic

Argun, Chechen Republic

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en_nameArgun
ru_nameАргун
loc_name1Устрада
loc_lang1Chechen
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image1Mosque in Argun 02.jpg
image2Argun, Chechnya, Russia - panoramio (2).jpg
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image_coaCoat of Arms of Argun (Chechnya).svg
image_flagFlag of Argun (Chechnya).svg
federal_subjectChechen Republic
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urban_okrug_jurArgun Urban Okrug
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Argun (, ), also known as Ustrada (, Ustrada-Ġala or Орга-ГӀала, Orga-Ġala) is a town in the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Argun River. Population: 22,000 (1968).

In April 2017 the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta documented that Chechen authorities had set up so-called "gay concentration camps", within the town.

Administrative and municipal status

Entrance to Argun
Argun urban district (in Chechen)

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of republic significance of Argun—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Argun is incorporated as Argun Urban Okrug.

Climate

Argun has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa).

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Sources

References

  1. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
  2. "Chechnya Russian leaders rounding up LGBT gay men in 'camps'". Metro.
  3. Constitution of the Chechen Republic
  4. Law #15-RZ
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