Gudermessky District (russian: Гудерме́сский райо́н; ce, Гуьмсен кӏошт, ''Gümsen khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #19-RZ district (

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), one of the fifteen in the

Chechen Republic 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 ...

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. It is located in the east of the republic. Its

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is the

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Gudermes Gudermes (russian: Гудерме́с; ce, Гуьмсе, ''Gümse'' or , ''Guthermajas'') is a town in the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Sunzha River east of Grozny, the republic's capital. Population: 32,000 (1970). History Gud ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 71,082 ( 2002 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gudermessky District is one of the fifteen in the republic. The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #30-RZ As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Gudermessky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Gudermes being incorporated within it as Gudermesskoye Urban Settlement.

Health care

State health facilities are represented by one central district hospital, a town hospital in Gudermes, and four district hospitals in Oyskhara, Engel-Yurt, Gerzel-Aul, and Koshkeldy. District state health care services here are reported to be among the best in the Republic;

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s are also the highest in Gudermes (27.0). There are registered

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cases in the district and a high prevalence of

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