Vedensky District (russian: Веде́нский райо́н; ce, Веданан кӏошт, ''Vedanan khoşt'') is an administrative
[Decree #500] and municipal
[Law #14-RZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
fifteen in the
Chechen Republic,
Russia
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. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Vedeno
Vedeno (russian: Ведено; ce, Ведана, ''Vedana'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Vedensky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Vedeno is incorporated into Veden ...
.
Population: 23,390 (
2002 Census);
The population of Vedeno accounts for 8.7% of the district's total population.
Healthcare
Severe health problems in the district are interlinked with the critical socio-economic situation in the region. As of 2005, access to district health services remains a problem due to the presence of federal and Chechen law enforcement and on-going military activities in the area. In 1999, it was reported that the influx of refugees to the district led to the rise of the population in the area from 30,000 before fighting began to about 90,000 according to reports from Chechnya.
[Chechnya Crisis — Emergency Relief For Displaced Date Issued: November 3, 1999]
Notable people
Shamil Basayev
Shamil Salmanovich Basayev ( ce, Салман ВоӀ Шамиль ; russian: Шамиль Салманович Басаев; 14 January 1965 – 10 July 2006), also known by his kunya "Abu Idris", was a senior military commander in the Cheche ...
was born in the ''selo'' of
Dyshne-Vedeno.
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Districts of Chechnya