Mamkheg (russian: Мамхег; ady, Мамхыгъ) 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 ...

) and the administrative center of Mamkhegskoye Rural Settlement of

Shovgenovsky District Shovgenovsky District (russian: Шовгеновский район, translit=Šovgenovskij rajon; ady, Шэуджэн къедзыгъо, translit=Ṩəwdjən qyedzığo) is an administrativeLaw #171 and a municipalLaw #272 district (raion), one ...

, the Republic of Adygea,

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 was 1985 as of 2018. There are 24 streets.

Geography

Mamkheg is located on the bank of the Fars River, 3 km southwest of

Khakurinokhabl Khakurinokhabl (russian: Хакуринохабль; ady, Хьэкурынэхьабл, ''Hekurynehabl'') is a rural locality (an ''aul'') and the administrative center of Shovgenovsky District of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the ...

(the district's administrative centre) by road.

is the nearest rural locality.Расстояние от Мамхега до Хакуринохабля
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Ethnicity

The aul is inhabited by

Circassians 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 in ...

of the Mamkhegh tribe, after whom the village is named.

References

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