Ushcaloy
Ушкалой | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 42°46′52″N 45°36′31″E / 42.781115°N 45.608557°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Chechnya |
Administrative district | Itum-Kalinsky district |
Government | |
• Leader | Azimov Abu Said |
Elevation | 732 m (2,402 ft) |
Population | |
• Estimate (2020) | 535 |
Time zone |
UTC+3 (
MSK
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Postal code(s) [2] | 366403 |
OKTMO ID | 96611428101 |
Ushcaloy ( Chechen: Чӏиннах, [3] Уьш-Кхелли, Ç̇innax, Üş-Qelli) is a village in the Itum-Kalinsky District of the Chechen Republic. It is the administrative center of the Ushkaloiskiy rural settlement. [4]
The village is located on both banks of the Argun River, at the confluence of the left tributary Dzumserk (Дзумсэрк), 5 km north-east of the regional center Itum-Kali.
The nearest settlements are: in the north, the village of Guchum-Kale (Гучум-Кале); in the southeast, the village of Bugaroy (Бугарой); in the southwest, the village of Konzhukhoi (Конжухой); and in the northwest, the village of Gukhoi (Гухой). [5]
Ushcaloy is the ancestral village of teip Chinkhoy.
The population of Ushcaloy was 304 in 1990, [6] and rose to 535 in 2020. [7]
Ushcaloy is home to a rural mosque [8] and Ushkaloiskaya municipal secondary school.