Itum-Kale
Itum-Kale
Итум-Кале Chechen: Итон-Кхаьлла | |
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Village | |
A tower in Itum-Kale | |
Location of Itum-Kale | |
| Coordinates: 42°44′4″N 45°44′31″E / 42.73444°N 45.74194°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chechnya |
| Administrative district | Itum-Kalinsky district |
| Elevation | 717 m (2,352 ft) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2010) | 1,068 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code(s) | 87164 |
| OKTMO ID | 96611410101 |
Itum-Kale (Russian: Итум-Кале, Chechen: Итон-Кхаьлла, Iton-Qälla), also spelled as Itum-Kali (Russian: Итум-Кали) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Itum-Kalinsky District, the Chechen Republic, Russia. Population: 1,068 (2010 Census); 2,916 (2002 Census); In 1944 the area's Chechen inhabitants were deported on the order of Joseph Stalin and the area transferred to Georgia; this decision was reversed in the late 1950s and the Chechens who had survived were allowed to return.