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Ust-Dzheguta

Town in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia


Summary

Town in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia

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en_nameUst-Dzheguta
ru_nameУсть-Джегута
loc_name1Джёгетей Аягъы
loc_lang1Karachay-Balkar
loc_name2Усть-Джьгваты
loc_lang2Abaz
loc_name3Жэгуэтэныпэ
loc_lang3aKabardian
coordinates
map_label_positionbottom
federal_subjectKarachay-Cherkess Republic
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adm_district_jurUst-Dzhegutinsky District
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adm_ctr_ofUst-Dzhegutinsky District
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inhabloc_catTown
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mun_district_jurUst-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
urban_settlement_jurUst-Dzhegutinskoye Urban Settlement
urban_settlement_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of1Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District
mun_admctr_of1_ref
mun_admctr_of2Ust-Dzhegutinskoye Urban Settlement
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pop_2010census30566
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established_date1861
established_title
current_cat_date1975
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websitehttp://u-dzheguta.ru/

Ust-Dzheguta (; , Cögetey Ayağı; Abaza: Усть-Джьгваты; Kabardian: Жэгуэтэныпэ) is a town and the administrative center of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia, located north of the Caucasus Mountains on the right bank of the Kuban River 15 km south of Cherkessk. Population: The dam here is the start of the Great Stavropol Canal.

History

It was founded in 1861 as the stanitsa of Dzhegutinskaya (Джегутинская) by the Cossacks. Town status was granted to it in 1975.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ust-Dzheguta serves as the administrative center of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District, of which it is a part. As a municipal division, the town of Ust-Dzheguta is incorporated within Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District as Ust-Dzhegutinskoye Urban Settlement.

Demographics

Population:

Ethnic composition

As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was:

  • Karachays: 58.9%
  • Russians: 30.3%
  • Abazins: 5.0%
  • Cherkess: 2.0%
  • Other ethnicities: 3.8%

Notable people

Russian singer Dima Bilan was born here.

References

Notes

Sources

References

  1. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
  2. "General Information".
  3. Law #84-RZ
  4. Law #21-RZ
  5. "Население по национальной принадлежности, владению русским языком и его использованию по городским и муниципальным округам КЧР". Rosstat.
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