Kurchaloy

Kurchaloy (Chechen: Курчалой-ГӀала, Kurçaloy-Ġala; Russian: Курчало́й) is a town and the administrative center of Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya. Population: 22,723 (2010 census); 20,857 (2002 census); Municipally, Kurchaloy is incorporated as Kurchaloyevsky urban settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it. Kurchaloy is also the administrative center of Kurchaloyevsky District. The town of Kurchaloy is located in the foothill plains, on the right bank of the Gumsa, a tributary of the Sunzha. It is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the town of Gudermes and 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny. The nearest settlements to Kurchaloy are Ilaskhan-Yurt to the north, Mayrtup to the east, Dzhigurty to the south-east, Niki-Khita and Dzhaglargi to the south, Avtury to the south-west, and Geldagana to the west. The name of the Chechen teip "Kurchaloy" laid the basis for the name of the city of Kurchaloy. The ancient village of Kurchal is located in the mountains of the Vedeno region, founded in the 13th century. Also, the village of Kurchaloy was located on the Gekhi River, which flows into the Sunzha, just north of the village of Alkhan-Yurt.