• Source: Engel-Yurt

Engel-Yurt (Russian: Энгель-Юрт, romanized: Engel'-Yurt, Chechen: Энгал-Юрт, romanized: Engal-Yurt,) is a rural locality (a selo) in Gudermessky District, Chechnya.




Administrative and municipal status


Municipally, Engel-Yurt is incorporated as Engel-Yurtovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.




Geography



Engel-Yurt is located on the left bank of the Aksai River, not far from the border with Dagestan. It is 24 kilometres (15 mi) east of the city of Gudermes and 60 kilometres (37 mi) north-east of the city of Grozny.
The nearest settlements to Engel-Yurt are Khangish-Yurt and Azamat-Yurt in the north-west, Karasuv-Otar in the north, Aksai in the north-east, Razak-Otar in the east, Gerzel-Aul in the south-east, and Kadi-Yurt and Biltoy-Yurt in the south-west.




History


Engel-Yurt was founded in 1770.
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Engel-Yurt was renamed, and was settled by people from the neighbouring republic of Dagestan. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Dagestan ASSR.
In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Engel-Yurt.




Population


1990 Census: 4,011
2002 Census: 5,496
2010 Census: 4,458
2020 estimate: 5,856
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Engel-Yurt were ethnic Chechens.




Teips


Residents of Engel-Yurt come from the following teips:

Aitkhalloy
Engenoy
Kurchaloy
Biltoy
Zandakoy
Shonoy




Education


Engel-Yurt hosts two secondary schools.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Engel-Yurt
• Azamat-Yurt
• Biltoy-Yurt
• Ger district
• Gudermessky District
• Itelmens
• Cat
• Post-Kemalism
• Mongolia
• Dan Harmon