Ust-Dzheguta

Ust-Dzheguta (English)
Усть-Джегута (Russian)
Джёгетей Аягъы (Karachay-Balkar)
Жэгуэтэныпэ (Kabardian)
Усть-Джьгваты (Abaza)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in Russia
Ust-Dzheguta
Location of Ust-Dzheguta in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Coordinates: 44°05′14″N 41°58′24″E / 44.08722°N 41.97333°E / 44.08722; 41.97333Coordinates: 44°05′14″N 41°58′24″E / 44.08722°N 41.97333°E / 44.08722; 41.97333
Administrative status (as of July 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Karachay-Cherkess Republic[1]
Administrative district Ust-Dzhegutinsky District[1]
Administrative center of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2010)
Municipal district Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Ust-Dzhegutinskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District,[2] Ust-Dzhegutinskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 30,566 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1861
Town status since 1975
Previous names Dzhegutinskaya

Ust-Dzheguta (Russian: Усть-Джегута; Karachay-Balkar: Джёгетей Аягъы; Kabardian: Жэгуэтэныпэ; Abaza: Усть-Джьгваты) is a town and the administrative center of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia, located north of the Caucasus Mountains on the right bank of the Kuban River 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) south of Cherkessk. Population: 30,566(2010 Census).[3] The dam here is the start of the Great Stavropol Canal.

History

It was founded in 1861 as the stanitsa of Dzhegutinskaya (Джегутинская) by the Cossacks. 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 of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District, of which it is a part.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Ust-Dzheguta is incorporated within Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District as Ust-Dzhegutinskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Demographics

Population: 30,566(2010 Census);[3] 32,903(2002 Census);[5] 29,225(1989 Census).[6]

Ethnic composition

As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was:[7]

Notable people

Russian singer Dima Bilan was born here.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #84-RZ
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #21-RZ
  3. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/ustjeguta02.html

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