Ust-Dscheguta

city Ust-Dzheguta Усть-Джегута ( Russian ) Усть-Жэгуэтэ ( Kabardian ) Джёгетей Аягъы ( Karatschai-Balkar ) Federal district North Caucasus republic Karachay Cherkessia Rajon Ust-Dscheguta Founded 1861 Earlier names Ust-Dschegutinskaya City since 1975 surface 90  km² population 30,566 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 340 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 640  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87875 Post Code 369300-369304 License Plate 09 OKATO 91 235 501 Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 5 '  N , 41 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 5 '0 "  N , 41 ° 58' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Karachay-Cherkessia

List of cities in Russia

Ust-Dscheguta ( Russian Усть-Джегута́ ) is a city in the North Caucasian republic of Karachay-Cherkessia in Russia with 30,566 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the northern edge of the Greater Caucasus about 15 km south of the republic capital Cherkessk on the right bank of the Kuban at the mouth of the Dscheguta River . The Kuban is dammed up above the city to the small Ust-Dschegutinsker dam , which feeds the Great Stavropol Canal , which branches off here and is used for irrigation .

Ust-Dscheguta is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

The city is connected to Cherkessk and the main route of the North Caucasus Railway ( Zelenchuk station ) via a 67-kilometer branch line. The city's station is called Dscheguta .

history

The place was established in 1861 as Stanitsa Ust-Dschegutinskaja by Cossacks , who moved here from the lower reaches of the Kuban, and received city rights in 1975. The name is derived from the Russian word ustje for estuary and the Karachay words dschoge ( linden tree ) and tei ( river ).

Population development

year	Residents
1939	6,398
1959	11,490
1970	16,670
1979	19,231
1989	29,225
2002	32.903
2010	30,566

Note: census data

economy

Ust-Dscheguta is the center of the building materials industry: factories for precast reinforced concrete parts, cement, lime and silicate bricks are located here.

sons and daughters of the town

• Dima Bilan (* 1981), pop singer

Web links

• City administration website (Russian)
• Ust-Dscheguta on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)