Chegem (russian: Чеге́м; kbd, Шэджэм; krc, Чегем, ''Çegem'') is a

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and the

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Chegemsky District Chegemsky District (russian: Чеге́мский райо́н; kbd, Шэджэм къедзыгъуэ; krc, Чегем район, ''Çegem rayon'') is an administrativeLaw #12-RZ and a municipalLaw #13-RZ district (raion), one of the ten in t ...

of the

Kabardino-Balkar Republic The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik� ...

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, located north of Nalchik, at the elevation of about . Population:

History

Originally called Chegem Pervy (), it was granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status in 1972. In 2000, it was granted town status and renamed Chegem.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chegem serves as the

, to which it is directly subordinated.Law #12-RZ As a municipal division, the

of Chegem is incorporated within Chegemsky Municipal District as Chegem Urban Settlement.Law #13-RZ

Demographics

Population:

Ethnic composition

As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was: *

Kabardins The Kabardians ( Highland Adyghe: Къэбэрдей адыгэхэр; Lowland Adyghe: Къэбэртай адыгэхэр; russian: Кабардинцы) or Kabardinians are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of th ...

: 81.7% *

Balkars The Balkars ( krc, Малкъарлыла, Malqarlıla or Таулула, , 'Mountaineers') are a Turkic people of the Caucasus region, one of the titular populations of Kabardino-Balkaria. Their Karachay-Balkar language is of the Ponto-Ca ...

: 12.5% *

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 '' Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

: 3.4% *Other ethnicities: 2.4%

References

Notes

Sources

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External links

Official website of Chegem

Chegem Business Directory
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