Gechi

Village Gechi Гехи ( Russian ) ГихтӀа ( Chechen ) Federal district North Caucasus republic Chechnya Rajon Urus-Martanowski Earlier names Blagodatnoje (1944–1957) population 11,744 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 230  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87145 Post Code 366511 License Plate 20, 95 OKATO 96 234 807 001 Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 10 ′  N , 45 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 9 ′ 40 "  N , 45 ° 28 ′ 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Situation in Chechnya

List of large settlements in Russia

Gechi ( Russian Гехи ; Chechen ГихтӀа ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Chechnya in Russia with 11,744 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is located on the northern edge of the Greater Caucasus about 25 km as the crow flies southwest of the republic capital Grozny on the river Gechi of the same name , a right tributary of the Sunscha .

Gechi belongs to Rajon Urus-Martanowski and is located about 7 km north-west of the administrative center of Urus-Martan . The village is the seat and only locality of the rural community Gechinskoje selskoje posselenije.

history

The year the village was founded is unknown. It was mentioned in connection with the destruction of the Chechen Aule Urus-Martan, Goity and Gechi by Russian troops in January 1825, during the Caucasus War of 1817-1864 . During the period of deportation of the Chechen population from 1944 to 1957, the village was called Blagodatnoye in Russian .

Population development

year	Residents
1970	7,617
1979	8,199
2002	9,693
2010	11,744

Note: census data

traffic

Gechi is located on the regional road coming from Assinovskaya via Achchoi-Martan  - Qatar-Yurt and then via Urus-Martan and Goity to Staryje Atagi . From Gechi to the north, a cross-connection leads to the parallel federal highway R217 Kawkas (formerly M29), which runs parallel to the north and connects Pavlovskaya in the Krasnodar region along the northern edge of the Caucasus with the Azerbaijani border. Regional roads lead from Gechi to the south and southwest roads to the villages of Gechi-Tschu and Schalaschi .

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)