Shatoy (russian: Шато́й; ce, Шуьйта, translit=Şüyta), is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a '' selo'') and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

Shatoysky District Shatoysky District (russian: Шатойский райо́н; ce, Шуьйтан кӏошта, ''Şüytan khoşta'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #41-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia.It ...

of 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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. Population:

Geography

It is located in the southern part of the republic, on the right bank of the Argun River, in the Argun Gorge. Grozny is 57 km away. The nearest settlements: in the north-west - the villages of Hakkoy, Syuzhi and Great Varanda; in the northeast - the village of Zones; in the southeast, the villages of Bekum-Kale and Pamyat; in the south, the villages of Varda and Gush-Kurt; in the south-west is the village of Vashindara

Climate

Shatoy has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

: ''Dfb'').

References

Rural localities in Chechnya {{Chechnya-geo-stub