Egerukhay (russian: Егерухай; ady, Еджэрыкъуай) is a rural locality (an

aul An aul (; ce, oil; russian: аул) is a type of fortified village or town found throughout the Caucasus mountains and Soviet Central Asia, Central Asia. The word itself is of Turkic origin and simply means ''village'' in many Turkic language ...

) in Egerukhayskoye Rural Settlement of

Koshekhablsky District Koshekhablsky District (russian: Кошеха́бльский райо́н; ady, Кощхьэблэ къедзыгъо) is an administrativeLaw #171 and a municipalLaw #282 district (raion), one of the seven in the Republic of Adygea, Russia. It ...

Adygea The Republic of Adygea (; russian: Республика Адыгея, Respublika Adygeya, p=ɐdɨˈɡʲejə; ady, Адыгэ Республик, ''Adıgə Respublik''), also known as the Adyghe Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. The population of this aul was 1,635 as of 2018. There are 21 streets.

Geography

The aul is located on the left bank of the

Laba River The Laba (russian: Лаба; Circassian language, Circassian: Лабэжъ ''Labez̄'') is a river in Krasnodar Krai and Adygea of Russia, European Russia. It is a left tributary of the Kuban (river), Kuban, which it joins at Ust-Labinsk. It is f ...

, 20 km northwest of

Koshekhabl Koshekhabl (russian: Кошехабль; ady, Кощхьэблэ , ''Kośheble'') is a rural locality (an ''aul'') and the administrative center of Koshekhablsky District of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the Bolshaya Laba River (Ku ...

(the district's administrative centre) by road. Luchezarny is the nearest rural locality.Расстояние от Егерухая до Кошехабля
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Ethnicity

The aul is inhabited by

Adyghes The Circassians (also referred to as Cherkess or Adyghe; Adyghe and Kabardian: Адыгэхэр, romanized: ''Adıgəxər'') are an indigenous Northwest Caucasian ethnic group and nation native to the historical country-region of Circassia i ...

or Circassians.

References

Rural localities in Koshekhablsky District {{Adygea-geo-stub