Dzhalka (russian: Джалка, ce, Жалкх, ''Ƶalq'') 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 ...
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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, Dzhalka is incorporated as
Dzhalkinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.
Geography
Dzhalka is located on the right bank of the
Argun River. It is south-west of the city of
Gudermes and east of the city of
Grozny.
The nearest settlements to Dzhalka are
Basa-Gala in the north-west, the city of
Gudermes in the north-east,
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in the south-east,
Tsotsi-Yurt Tsotsi-Yurt (russian: Цоци-Юрт, ce, Цоци-Эвла, ''Coci-Evla'') is a village (selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Tsotsi-Yurt is incorporated as Tsotsi-Yurtovskoye rural se ...
in the south, and
Mesker-Yurt in the south-west.
History
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 Dzhalka was renamed, and was settled by people from other ethnic groups. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of
Grozny Oblast.
In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Dzhalka.
Population
* 1990 Census: 3,104
* 2002 Census: 6,292
* 2010 Census: 7,415
* 2020 estimate: 8,972
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Dzhalka (7,408 or 99,90%) were ethnic Chechens.
Teips
Members of the following teips live in Dzhalka:
* Aitkalloy
* Allaroy
* Benoy
* Chermoy
* Gordaloy
* Kurchaloy
* Shirdy
* Zandakoy
Education
The village of Dzhalka hosts two secondary schools.
References
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Rural localities in Chechnya