Ust-Dzheguta (russian: Усть-Джегута; krc, Джёгетей Аягъы, ''Cögetey Ayağı'';
Abaza: ;
Kabardian: ) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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 ...
of
Ust-Dzhegutinsky District
Ust-Dzhegutinsky District (russian: Усть-Джегути́нский райо́н; krc, Джёгетей Аягъы район, ''Cögetey Ayağı rayon''; abq, Усть-Джьгваты район; kbd, Жэгуэтэныпэ куей) is a ...
of the
Karachay–Cherkess Republic
The Karachay-Cherkess Republic (russian: Карача́ево-Черке́сская Респу́блика, ''Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika''; krc, Къарачай-Черкес Республика, ''Qaraçay-Çerkes Respublika''; Cir ...
,
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 ...
, located north of the
Caucasus Mountains
The Caucasus Mountains,
: pronounced
* hy, Կովկասյան լեռներ,
: pronounced
* az, Qafqaz dağları, pronounced
* rus, Кавка́зские го́ры, Kavkázskiye góry, kɐfˈkasːkʲɪje ˈɡorɨ
* tr, Kafkas Dağla ...
on the right bank of the
Kuban River
The Kuban; Circassian: Псыжъ, ''Psyẑ'' or Псыжь, ''Psyź'' ; abq, Къвбина, ''Q̇vbina'' ; Karachay–Balkar: Къобан, ''Qoban''; Nogai: Кобан, ''Qoban'') is a river in Russia that flows through the Western Caucas ...
south of
Cherkessk
Cherkessk (russian: Черке́сск) is the capital city of Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, as well as its political, economic, and cultural center. Population:
It was previously known as ''Batalpashinskaya'' (until 1931), ''Batalpashinsk'' (un ...
. Population: The dam here is the start of the
Great Stavropol Canal
The Great Stavropol Canal (russian: Большой Ставропольский канал) is an irrigation canal in Stavropol Krai in Russia. It starts at a dam at Ust-Dzheguta on the upper Kuban River and leads water northeast via the Kalaus ...
.
History
It was founded in 1861 as the ''
stanitsa
A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Arm ...
'' of Dzhegutinskaya () by the
Cossacks
The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...
.
Town status was granted to it in 1975.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Ust-Dzheguta serves as 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 ...
of
Ust-Dzhegutinsky District
Ust-Dzhegutinsky District (russian: Усть-Джегути́нский райо́н; krc, Джёгетей Аягъы район, ''Cögetey Ayağı rayon''; abq, Усть-Джьгваты район; kbd, Жэгуэтэныпэ куей) is a ...
, of which it is a part.
[Law #84-RZ] As a
municipal division, the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Ust-Dzheguta is incorporated within Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District as Ust-Dzhegutinskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #21-RZ]
Demographics
Population:
Ethnic composition
As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was:
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Karachays
The Karachays ( krc, Къарачайлыла, Qaraçaylıla or таулула, , 'Mountaineers') are an indigenous Caucasian Turkic ethnic group in the North Caucasus. They speak Karachay-Balkar, a Turkic language. They are mostly situated ...
: 49.6%
*
Russians
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: 35.3%
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Abazins
The Abazin, Abazinians or Abaza (Abaza language, Abaza and Abkhaz language, Abkhaz: Абаза; Circassian language, Circassian: Абазэхэр; russian: Абазины; tr, Abazalar; ar, أباظة), are an ethnic group of the Caucasus, Nort ...
: 6.9%
*
Cherkess
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 ...
: 1.8%
*Other ethnicities: 6.4%
Notable people
Russian singer
Dima Bilan
Dima Nikolayevich Bilan (russian: Ди́ма Никола́евич Била́н; born Viktor Nikolayevich Belan, russian: Ви́ктор Никола́евич Бела́н, links=no; 24 December 1981) is a Russian singer, songwriter and acto ...
was born here.
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Cities and towns in Karachay-Cherkessia