Ushcaloy

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Ushcaloy
Ушкалой
Village
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Ushcaloy is located in Russia
Ushcaloy
Ushcaloy
Location of Ushcaloy
Ushcaloy is located in Chechnya
Ushcaloy
Ushcaloy
Ushcaloy (Chechnya)
Coordinates: 42°46′52″N 45°36′31″E / 42.781115°N 45.608557°E / 42.781115; 45.608557
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChechnya
Administrative districtItum-Kalinsky district
Government
 • LeaderAzimov Abu Said
Elevation
732 m (2,402 ft)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2020)
535
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[1])
Postal code(s)[2]
366403
OKTMO ID96611428101

Ushcaloy (Chechen: Чӏиннах,[3] Уьш-Кхелли, Ç̇innax, Üş-Qelli) is a village in the Itum-Kalinsky District of the Chechen Republic. It is the administrative center of the Ushkaloiskiy rural settlement.[4]

Geography[edit]

Ushkaloyskoye rural settlement within the Itum-Kalinsky District.
Towers in Ushcaloy, Chechnya

The village is located on both banks of the Argun River, at the confluence of the left tributary Dzumserk (Дзумсэрк), 5 km north-east of the regional center Itum-Kali.

The nearest settlements are: in the north, the village of Guchum-Kale (Гучум-Кале); in the southeast, the village of Bugaroy (Бугарой); in the southwest, the village of Konzhukhoi (Конжухой); and in the northwest, the village of Gukhoi (Гухой).[5]

History[edit]

Ushcaloy is the ancestral village of teip Chinkhoy.

Population[edit]

The population of Ushcaloy was 304 in 1990,[6] and rose to 535 in 2020.[7]

Infrastructure[edit]

Ushcaloy is home to a rural mosque[8] and Ushkaloiskaya municipal secondary school.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  3. ^ Сулейманов А. Топонимия Чечни. Грозный: ГУП «Книжное издательство», 2006. (in Russian)
  4. ^ "Ушкалоевская сельский округ (сельсовет)* (Итум-Калинский район)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  5. ^ "Карта Чечни" (rar) (in Russian). c. 1995. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  6. ^ "Архивный вестник, №1. Нальчик:Архивное управление Правительства Чеченской Республики" (in Russian). 2013. Archived from the original on 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  7. ^ "Численность населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2020 года". Archived from the original (rar) on 22 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Исламская мечеть села Ушкалой" [Islamic mosque in the village of Ushkaloi] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-09-06. Retrieved 2020-11-07.