Ust-Dzheguta | city, district center

Russia / Karacaj-Cherkessija / Ust-Dzheguta /
 city, district center
Ust-Dzheguta (Russian: Усть-Джегута; Karachay-Balkar: Джёгетей Аягъы, Cögetey Ayağı; Abaza: Усть-Джьгваты; Kabardian: Жэгуэтэныпэ) is a town and the administrative center of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia, located north of the Caucasus Mountains on the right bank of the Kuban River 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) south of Cherkessk. Population: 31,137 (2021 Census).
It was founded in 1861 as the stanitsa of Dzhegutinskaya (Джегутинская) by the Cossacks. Town status was granted to it in 1975.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ust-Dzheguta
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Coordinates:   44°4'8"N   41°59'59"E
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