Chegem (russian: Чеге́м; kbd, Шэджэм; krc, Чегем, ''Çegem'') is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

and the

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Chegemsky District Chegemsky District (russian: Чеге́мский райо́н; kbd, Шэджэм къедзыгъуэ; krc, Чегем район, ''Çegem rayon'') is an administrativeLaw #12-RZ and a municipalLaw #13-RZ district (raion), one of the ten in th ...

of the

Kabardino-Balkar Republic The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik� ...

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, located north of

Nalchik Nalchik (russian: Нальчик, p=ˈnalʲtɕɪk; Kabardian: //; krc, Нальчик //) is the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about nor ...

, at the elevation of about . Population:

History

Originally called Chegem Pervy (), it was granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status in 1972. In 2000, it was granted town status and renamed Chegem.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chegem serves as the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.