Darbankhi (russian: Дарбанхи, ce, Дарбанхи,, ''Darbanxi''; kum, Янгы Борагъан, ''Yañı Borağan'') is a
rural locality (a ''
selo'') in
Gudermessky District
Gudermessky District (russian: Гудерме́сский райо́н; ce, Гуьмсен кӏошт, ''Gümsen khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #19-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russi ...
,
Chechnya
Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...
.
Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Darbankhi is incorporated as
Darbankhinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.
Geography
Darbankhi is located at the interfluve of the
Sunzha
Sunzha (russian: Сунжа, Sunzha; inh, Шолжа-Пхье, Šolža-Pꜧe; is a town and the administrative center of the Sunzhensky District of the Republic of Ingushetia Russia. Before 2016 it was called Ordzhonikidzevskaya ( inh, Ордж ...
and
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Kyrgyzstan
*Terek, Alay, a village in Alay District, Osh Region
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rivers. It is north-west of the city of
Gudermes and north-east of the city of
Grozny.
The nearest settlements to Darbankhi are the city of
Gudermes in the south-east,
Ilinovskaya in the south-west,
Vinogradnoye in the north-west,
Chervlennaya-Uzolvaya in the north, and
Braguny
Braguny (russian: Брагуны, ce, БоргӀане, ''Borġane''; kum, Борагъан, ''Borağan'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in Gudermessky District, Chechnya.
Administrat ...
in the north-east.
Name
The name Darbankhi comes from the Chechen language and translates roughly as "healing water".
History
The village of Darbankhi was once called Istisu-Khutor.
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the
Chechen-Ingush ASSR
The Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; inh, Нохч-ГӀалгӀай Автономе Советий Социализма Республика, Noxç-Ġalġay Avtonome Sovetiy Socializma Respublika; russian: Чече́но-И ...
was abolished, the village of Istisu-Khutor was renamed, and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
and other regions. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Gudermessky District of
Grozny Oblast.
In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Istisu-Khutor.
In 1977, by a decree of the Presidium of the Armed Forces of the RSFSR, the village at the railway crossing of Braguny, was renamed from Istisu-Khutor and was given its modern name, Darbankhi.
Population
* 1990 Census: 1,713
* 2002 Census: 1,683
* 2010 Census: 2,101
* 2019 estimate: 2,329
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Darbankhi (1,080 or 51.4%) were ethnic Chechens, 1,005 (47,8%) were ethnic Kumyks, and 16 people (0,8%) did not specify.
Education
The village hosts one secondary school.
Healthcare
There is one psychiatric hospital in the village.
References
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Rural localities in Gudermessky District