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Argun
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Argun is a human settlement located in the Shalinsky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia. Established in 1819, the town has a population of 43,456 and covers an area of 63 square kilometers. It sits at an elevation of 116 meters above sea level and operates within the UTC+03:00 time zone. The official languages are Chechen and Russian, while the local dialing code is 87147.
The settlement is situated at coordinates 43.3, 45.866666666667. Its postal codes include 366281–366287 and 366310. The official name is Орга-Гӏала, Устаргӏардойн-Эвла. Historically, the area has been part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.
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Place details
- Locality
- Аргун
- Region
- Чечня
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 28,100
- Timezone
- Europe/Moscow
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Орга-Гӏала, Устаргӏардойн-Эвла
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Shalinsky District, Chechen Republic
- Official language
- Russian
- Population
- 43456
- Area
- 63
- Elevation
- 116
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- newargun.ru
- Image
- IMG 20180616 122625УстаргIордойн гIатлин цIенош.jpg
- Dialing code
- 87147
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- Commons category
- Argun
- postal code
- 366310
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Argun, Chechen Republic
- inception
- 1819-00-00
- native label
- Орга-Гӏала, Устаргӏардойн-Эвла
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Encyclopedic overview
Argun (Russian: Аргу́н, pronounced [ɐrˈgun]), also known as Ustrada (Chechen: Устрада-ГӀала, Ustrada-Ġala or Орга-ГӀала, Orga-Ġala) is a town in the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Argun River. Population: 29,525 (2010 census); 25,698 (2002 census); 25,491 (1989 Soviet census); 22,000 (1968).
In April 2017 the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta documented that Chechen authorities had set up so-called "gay concentration camps", within the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Argun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.