Tsa-Vedeno (, , ''Ċen Vedana'') is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically describ ...

(a '' selo'') in

Vedensky District Vedensky District (; , ''Vedanan khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #14-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is . ...

, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status

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.

Geography

Tsa-Vedeno is located on the right bank of the Khulkhulau River. It is north-west of the village of

Vedeno Vedeno (; , ''Vedana'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Vedeno is incorporated into Vedenskoye rural settlement. It is the adm ...

. The nearest settlements to Tsa-Vedeno are Khazhi-Yurt in the north-east,

Agishbatoy Agishbatoy (, , ''Eġaşbeta'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Agishbatoy is incorporated as Agishbatoyskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center ...

in the south-east, Verkhny Tsa-Vedeno and

Zelamkhin-Kotar Zelamkhin-Kotar (, ''Zelamxin-Khotar''; ), also known by Russian name Oktyabrskoye, is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Zelamkhin-Kotar is incorporated into Vedensko ...

in the south,

Elistanzhi Elistanzhi (, , ''Elistanƶa'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Elistanzhi is incorporated as Elistanzhi ...

in the south-west, and Verkhatoy in the north-west.

History

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the

Chechen-Ingush ASSR When the Soviet Union existed, different governments had ruled the northern Caucasus regions of Chechnya and Ingushetia. Within the Mountain Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, later annexed into the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Repub ...

was abolished, the village of Tsa-Vedeno was renamed to Makhach-Aul, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...

. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Vedensky District of the

Dagestan ASSR The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991), abbreviated as Dagestan ASSR or DASSR and also unofficially known as Soviet Dagestan or just simply Dagestan, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union ...

. In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Tsen Vedana.

Population

* 2002 Census: 1,478 * 2010 Census: 1,285 * 2019 estimate: ? According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Tsa-Vedeno were ethnic Chechens.

Infrastructure

Tsa-Vedeno hosts two secondary schools.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Vedensky District