Khakurinokhabl (russian: Хакуринохабль; ady, Хьэкурынэхьабл, ''Hekurynehabl'') is a
rural locality
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(an ''
aul
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The word itself is of Turkic origin and simply means ''village'' in many Turkic languages. Auyl ( kk, Ауы ...
'') and the administrative center of
Shovgenovsky District of the
Republic of Adygea
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,
Russia
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, located on the
Fars River, north of
Maykop
Maykop (russian: Майкоп, p=mɐjˈkop mɐj'kop); ady, Мыекъуапэ, Mıéquapə ) is the capital city of the Republic of Adygea in Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River (a tributary of the Kuban River). It borders Ma ...
. Population:
History
Until March 27, 1996, the aul was called Shovgenovsky ().
[Resolution of the State Council-Khase of the Republic of Adygea #62-1 of March 27, 1996 ''On Restitution of the Historical Name of the "aul of Khakurinokhabl" to the Aul of Shovgenovsky of Shovgenovsky District'']
Culture and education
There is a museum of
Khusen Andrukhayev, a
Hero of Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...
, founded in 1973 in the aul. As of 2003, there are no educational facilities above the level of
secondary school.
Ecology
The
landfill of Khakurinokhabl is located dangerously close (2 km) to the Fars River and to the
agricultural lands, posing high ecological risk since the time of its opening in 2000.
Эколого-ландшафтный мониторинг полигонов твёрдых бытовых отходов в Республике Адыгея
. S. A. Vladimirov, A. O. Karchevsky. ''Ecological and landscape monitoring of landfills in the Republic of Adygea''. Kuban State Agrarian University (pdf)
References
External links
History of KhakurinokhablOfficial website of Kh. B. Andrukhayev Memorial Museum of Khakurinokhabl
Rural localities in Shovgenovsky District
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