Achchoi-Martan

Village Achchoi-Martan Ачхой-Мартан ( Russian ) ТӀехьа-Марта ( Chechen ) Federal district North Caucasus republic Chechnya Rajon Achchoi-Martan Earlier names Achegi-Kala Novoselskoye (1944–1957) population 20,172 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 250  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87142 Post Code 366600-366613 License Plate 20, 95 OKATO 96 202 802 001 Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 11 '  N , 45 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 11 '15 "  N , 45 ° 17' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Situation in Chechnya

List of large settlements in Russia

Achchoi-Martan ( Russian Ачхо́й-Марта́н , Chechen ТӀехьа-Марта Teha-Marta ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Chechnya ( Russia ) with 20,172 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located on the northern edge of the Greater Caucasus , the foothills of which rise a few kilometers south of the village to a height of 600  m . The village is located about 35 km as the crow flies west-southwest of the republic capital Grozny on the Fortanga, a tributary of the right Terek tributary Sunscha 10 km above the mouth.

Achchoi-Martan is the administrative center of the Achchoi-Martan Rajon of the same name .

history

The old Chechen village was initially known under the name Achegi-Kala (Russian Ачеги-Кала , Chech . Ӏаьчка-ГӀала ). On January 23, 1935, it became the administrative center of a newly founded Rajons of the same name. During the period of the abolition of Chechen autonomy and the deportation of the Chechen population from 1944 to 1957, Raion and village were given the Russian name Novoselskoye .

During the First Chechen War 1994–1996, the village was badly damaged.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	6.004
1959	8,389
1970	12,250
1979	12,726
1989	14,680
2002	16,742
2010	20.172

Note: census data

Infrastructure

The M29 trunk road from Rostov-on-Don to the Azerbaijani border passes about six kilometers north of the village . A few kilometers across the road is the nearest Samashkinskaya train station on the Beslan – Grosny – Gudermes railway line .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda po Čečenskoj respublike. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010 for the Chechen Republic. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Grozny 2012. ( Download from the website of the Chechen Republic territorial organ of the Federal Service of State Statistics)
2. ↑ Achchoi-Martan on the website of the Geographical Institute of the RAN (Russian)