Belty (, ''Belta'') is a

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Kurchaloyevsky District Kurchaloyevsky District (; , ''Kurçaloyn khoşt'') is one of the fifteen administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #13-RZ district (raion), in the Chechen Republic, Russia. The area of the district is and is located east of the republic. Its a ...

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Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Belty is incorporated into Yalkhoy-Mokhkskoye rural settlement. It is one of three settlements included in it.

Geography

Belty is located on the left bank of the Gums River. It is south-east of

Kurchaloy Kurchaloy (, ''Kurçaloy-Ġala''; ) is a town and the administrative center of Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya. Population: Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Kurchaloy is incorporated as Kurchaloyevsky urban settlement. It is ...

and south-east of the city of

Grozny Grozny (, ; ) is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, it had a population of 328,533 — up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Russian Census, 2002 ce ...

. The nearest settlements to Belty are Akhkinchu-Borzoy in the north-east, Yalkhoy-Mokhk in the east, Koren-Benoy in the south-west, and Khidi-Khutor in the west.

History

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the

Chechen-Ingush ASSR When the Soviet Union existed, different governments had ruled the northern Caucasus regions of Chechnya and Ingushetia. Within the Mountain Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, later annexed into the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Repub ...

was abolished, the village of Belty was renamed to Sagada, and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of

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. In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Belta.

Population

* 2010 Census: 943 * 2019 estimate: ? According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Belta were ethnic Chechens.

Education

Belty hosts one secondary school.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Kurchaloyevsky District