Biltoy-Yurt

Biltoy-Yurt (Russian: Бильтой-Юрт, Chechen: Керла-Билта[1]) is a rural locality (a selo) in Gudermessky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Biltoy-Yurt is incorporated as Biltoy-Yurtovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.[2]

Geography
Map of Gudermessky District. Biltoy-Yurt is in the east

Biltoy-Yurt is located just north of the Caucasus Highway R-217. It is 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of the city of Gudermes and 57 kilometres (35 mi) east of the city of Grozny.

The nearest settlements to Biltoy-Yurt are Kadi-Yurt in the north, Engel-Yurt in the north-east, Gerzel-Aul and Koshkeldy in the south-east, and Gordali-Yurt, Nizhny Noyber and Verkhny Noyber in the south-west.[3]

History

Biltoy-Yurt was founded for people from the Nozhay-Yurtovsky District who were forced to relocate to the plains area after the devastating landslides in 1989. Residents of Biltoy-Yurt are mostly from the former village with the same name in Nozhay-Yurtovsky District, as well as from Bilty, Mekhkeshty, and Rogun-Kazha.

Population
  • 1990 Census: 206[4]
  • 2002 Census: 1,149[5]
  • 2010 Census: 1,872[6]
  • 2019 estimate: 2,078

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Biltoy-Yurt (1,870 or 99,89%) were ethnic Chechens, with 2 people (0,11%) who did not specify their ethnic background.

Education

Biltoy-Yurt hosts one secondary school.[7]

References
  1. "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
  2. "Сельское поселение Бильтой-Юртовское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
  3. "Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн". 1maps.ru.
  4. "Наши издания - Архивное управление Правительства Чеченской Республики". arhiv-chr.ru.
  5. Kashnitsky, Ilya (11 April 2017). "Municipality level Russian Census data 2002 and 2010". doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/CSKMU.
  6. "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.
  7. "МБОУ 'БИЛЬТОЙ-ЮРТОВСКАЯ СШ', Чеченская республика - ИНН 2005007074". www.k-agent.ru.
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