Geldagan

Village Geldagan Гелдаган Federal district North Caucasus republic Chechnya Rajon Kurchaloyevsky Earlier names Geldygen Novaya Shizn (1944–199x) population 12,350 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 160  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87155 Post Code 366313 License Plate 20, 95 OKATO 96 212 831 001 Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 13 '  N , 46 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 13 '0 "  N , 46 ° 2' 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Situation in Chechnya

List of large settlements in Russia

Geldagan ( Chechen and Russian Гелдаган , also Geldagana, Гелдагана ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Chechnya in Russia with 12,350 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Mosque in Geldagan (opened 2011)

The place is located in the northeastern edge of the Greater Caucasus about 30 km as the crow flies east-southeast of the republic capital Grozny on the Achko river, which flows into the Sunscha via Gudermes / Belaya .

Geldagan belongs to Rajon Kurtschalojewski and is located about 4 km west-northwest of the administrative center Kurtschaloi . The village is the seat and only locality of the rural municipality Geldaganskoje selskoje posselenije.

history

The place was first mentioned during the Caucasus War from 1817 to 1864 in connection with the capture of the Chechen Aule Geldygen and Awtury (7 km south) by Russian troops on 6/7. January 1852. After the deportation of the Chechen population of the area in 1944, the village was given the Russian name Novaya Shizn ("New Life"), which it kept until the early 1990s, as the old name in its current form, closer to the Chechen, has been restored.

Population development

year	Residents
1970	3,575
2002	11,875
2010	12,350

Note: census data

traffic

Geldagan is located on the 38 km long regional road that branches off at Mesker-Jurt southeast of Argun , where the nearest train station is also located, from the federal highway R217 Kawkas (formerly M29) following the northern edge of the Caucasus and via Zozin-Jurt  - Geldagan - Kurtschaloi - Mairtup leads to Oischara , where the R217 is reached again.

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. ↑ OKATO and OKTMO (All-Russian Classifier of Territories of Municipal Formations) and census data from 2002 and 2010
3. ↑ newer Russian (digital) maps (Roskartografija)