Khattuni

42°58′49″N 45°56′15″E Khattuni (Russian: Хаттуни, Chechen: Хоттане, Xottane)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Khattuni is incorporated as Khattuninskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.[2]

Geography
Map of Vedensky District. Khattuni is in the west

Khattuni is located on the left bank of the Khatuni River, a right tributary of the Dzhalka River. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of the village of Vedeno.

The nearest settlements to Khattuni are Elistanzhi in the south-east, Makhkety in the south-west, Tevzana in the west, and Agishty in the north-west.[3]

Name

The name "Khottanye" translates roughly from Chechen as "swampy" or "muddy".

History

In 1944, after the deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Khattuni was renamed to Konkhidatli, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.[4] From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Vedensky District of the Dagestan ASSR.

In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Khottanye.[5]

Population
  • 2002 Census: 1,572
  • 2010 Census: 2,626[6]
  • 2019 estimate: 2,828

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Khattuni were ethnic Chechens.

Infrastructure

Khattuni hosts several important buildings, including a mosque and a high school.[7]

References
  1. "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
  2. "Сельское поселение Хаттунинское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
  3. "Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн". 1maps.ru.
  4. "Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920–2000 годы)". www.demoscope.ru.
  5. "О восстановлении Чечено-Ингушской АССР и упразднении Грозненской области". lawru.info (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  6. "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.
  7. "ИСЛАМСКАЯ МЕЧЕТЬ СЕЛА ХАТТУНИ, Чеченская республика".
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