Tsa-Vedeno

43°01′23″N 46°03′09″E / 43.02306°N 46.05250°E / 43.02306; 46.05250 Tsa-Vedeno (Russian: Ца-Ведено, Chechen: ЦӀен Ведана, Ċen Vedana) is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Municipally, Tsa-Vedeno is incorporated into Tsa-Vedenskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is one of the three settlements included in it. Tsa-Vedeno is located on the right bank of the Khulkhulau River. It is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-west of the village of Vedeno. The nearest settlements to Tsa-Vedeno are Khazhi-Yurt in the north-east, Agishbatoy in the south-east, Verkhny Tsa-Vedeno and Zelamkhin-Kotar in the south, Elistanzhi in the south-west, and Verkhatoy in the north-west. In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Tsa-Vedeno was renamed to Makhach-Aul, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan. 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, Tsen Vedana. According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Tsa-Vedeno were ethnic Chechens.