Argun (russian: Аргу́н, ), also known as Ustrada ( ce, Устрада-ГӀала, ''Ustrada-Ġala'' or Орга-ГӀала, ''Orga-Ġala'') 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 ...
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 ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
, located on the
Argun River. Population: 22,000 (1968).
In April 2017 the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta documented that Chechen authorities had set up so-called "
gay concentration camps", within the town.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the
town of republic significance of Argun—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts.
[Constitution of the Chechen Republic''] As a
municipal division, the town of republic significance of Argun is incorporated as Argun Urban Okrug.
[Law #15-RZ]
Climate
Argun 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 ...
: ''Dfa'').
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External links
Official website of ArgunDirectory of organizations in Argun
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Cities and towns in Chechnya