Chechnya
For most international travellers, the Chechen Republic, a republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia, is a remarkably unknown place. While infamous for its turbulent past, little is known about the region's recent developments or about the stunning mountainous landscapes, picturesque lakes and friendly people that define this part of the Northern Caucasus.Photo: Rasul70, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Grozny
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Grozny is the capital city of Chechnya. Since the end of the Second Chechen War in 2009, Grozny has…
Chechnya
- Type: State with 1,510,000 residents
- Description: republic of Russia, federal subject of Russia
- Neighbors: Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia and Stavropol Krai
- Categories: republic of Russia and locality
- Location: North Caucasus, Southern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
43.4° or 43° 24' northLongitude
45.7° or 45° 42' eastPopulation
1,510,000Elevation
147 metres (482 feet)Open Location Code
8HM7CM2X+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 869593771OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
569665Wikidata ID
Q5187Chechnya Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Чечентәыла
- Abkhazian: Чечентәыла Ареспублика
- Achinese: Republik Chechen
- Afrikaans: Tsjetsjniese Republiek
- Afrikaans: Tsjetsjnië
- Albanian: Çeçenia
- Amharic: ቸችኒያ
- Arabic: Chechnya
- Arabic: الشيشان
- Aragonese: Chechenia
- Armenian: Չեչնիա
- Asturian: Chechenia
- Asturian: República de Chechenia
- Avaric: Буртиялъ жумхӀурият
- Avaric: ЧачаналӀ
- Azerbaijani: Çeçenistan
- Bashkir: Чечен Республикаһы
- Basque: Txetxenia
- Belarusian: Чачня
- Belarusian: Чачэнія
- Bengali: চেচনিয়া
- Bosnian: Čečenija
- Breton: Tchetchenia
- Bulgarian: Чечения
- Bulgarian: Чеченска република
- Catalan: República de Txetxènia
- Catalan: Txetxènia
- Cebuano: Chechenskaya Respublika
- Central Kurdish: چیچان
- Chechen: Нохчийчоь
- Chinese: Chechnya
- Chinese: 車臣
- Chinese: 車臣共和國
- Chinese: 车臣
- Chinese: 车臣共和国
- Chuvash: Чечен Республики
- Crimean Tatar: Çeçenistan
- Croatian: Čečenija
- Czech: Čečensko
- Czech: Čečna
- Danish: Republikken Tjetjenien
- Danish: Tjetjenien
- Dimli (individual language): Çeçenıstan
- Dutch: Tsjetsjeense Republiek
- Dutch: Tsjetsjenië
- Eastern Mari: Чечня
- Egyptian Arabic: الشيشان
- English: Chechen Republic
- English: Chechenia
- English: Chechnia
- English: Chechnya Republic
- Erzya: Чеченэнь Республикась
- Esperanto: Ĉeĉenio
- Esperanto: Ĉeĉenujo
- Estonian: Tšetšeeni Vabariik
- Extremaduran: Chechenia
- Faroese: Kekenia
- Finnish: Tsetsenia
- Finnish: Tshetshenia
- Finnish: Tšetšenia
- French: République de Tchétchénie
- French: Tchétchénie
- Gagauz: Çeçeniya
- Galician: Chechenia - Нохчичьо
- Galician: Chechenia
- Georgian: ჩეჩნეთი
- German: Tschetschenien
- Gothic: Tsjetsjenja
- Gothic: 𐍄𐍃𐌾𐌴𐍄𐍃𐌾𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰
- Greek: Δημοκρατία της Τσετσενίας
- Greek: Τσετσενία
- Gujarati: ચેચન રિપબ્લિક
- Hakka Chinese: Chechnya Khiung-fò-koet
- Hausa: Chechnya Khiung-fò-koet
- Hebrew: צ'צ'ניה
- Hindi: चेचन्या
- Hindi: चेचन्या गणतंत्र
- Hungarian: Csecsen Köztársaság
- Hungarian: Csecsenföld
- Icelandic: Téténía
- Ido: Chechenia
- Indonesian: Chechnya
- Ingush: Нохчиче
- Inupiaq: Siseniiaq
- Irish: An tSeisnia
- Italian: Cecenia
- Italian: Repubblica Cecena
- Japanese: チェチェン共和国
- Javanese: Chechnya
- Javanese: Chèchnya
- Kabardian: Мычгыш Республикэ
- Kalmyk: Чеченмудин таңһч
- Kannada: ಚೆಚೆನ್ ರಿಪಬ್ಲಿಕ್
- Karachay-Balkar: Чечен Республика
- Kazakh: Шешен Республикасы
- Kazakh: Шешенстан
- Kirghiz: Чеченстан
- Komi: Нохчийчо республика
- Korean: 체첸 공화국
- Kurdish: Çeçenistan
- Latin: Tsetsenia
- Latvian: Čečenija
- Lezghian: Чечня
- Limburgan: Tsjetsjenië
- Lithuanian: Čečėnija
- Livvi: Čečnien tazavaldu
- Lombard: Cecenia
- Macedonian: Чеченија
- Maithili: चेचन्या
- Malagasy: Tsetsenia
- Malay: Chechnya
- Malayalam: ചെച്നിയ
- Marathi: चेचन्या
- Mazanderani: چچن
- Min Dong Chinese: Chechnya
- Min Nan Chinese: Chechnya
- Mingrelian: ჩეჩნეთი
- Mongolian: Чечень
- Northern Frisian: Tschetscheenien
- Northern Luri: ولات چچن
- Northern Sami: Tšetšenia
- Norwegian: Tsjetsjenia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Tsjetsjenia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Tsjetsjenia
- Occitan (post 1500): Chechenia
- Ossetian: Цæцæн
- Pampanga: Chechnya
- Panjabi: ਚੈਚਨੀਆ
- Persian: چچن
- Polish: Czeczenia
- Portuguese: Chechénia
- Portuguese: Chechênia
- Portuguese: Tchetchênia
- Pushto: چيچنيا
- Romanian: Cecenia
- Russia Buriat: Сэсэн Республика
- Russia Buriat: Чечня
- Russian: ЧР
- Russian: Чеченская Республика
- Russian: Чечня
- Rusyn: Чечня
- Samogitian: Čečienėjė
- Sardinian: Cecènia
- Scots: Chechnie
- Serbian: Чеченија
- Serbo-Croatian: Čečenija
- Sicilian: Cecènia
- Sindhi: چيچنيا
- Sinhala: චෙච්නියා
- Slovak: Čečensko
- Slovenian: Čečenija
- Somali: Jeejniya
- South Azerbaijani: چچنیستان
- Spanish: Chechenia
- Sundanese: Chéchnya
- Swahili: Chechnya
- Swedish: Tjetjenien
- Tagalog: Chechenya
- Tagalog: Chechnya
- Tajik: Чеченистон
- Talysh: Ceceniston
- Talysh: Çeçeniston
- Tamil: செசென் ரிபப்லிக்
- Tamil: செச்சினியா
- Tatar: Чечня
- Telugu: చెచెన్ రిపబ్లిక్
- Thai: สาธารณรัฐเชเชน
- Thai: เชชเนีย
- Turkish: Çeçenistan
- Udmurt: Чечня
- Uighur: چېچېنىيە
- Ukrainian: Чечня
- Upper Sorbian: Čečenska
- Urdu: شیشان
- Urdu: چیچنیا
- Uzbek: Checheniston
- Veps: Čečenijan Tazovaldkund
- Vietnamese: Chechnya
- Võro: Tšetšeeniä
- Waray (Philippines): Chechnya
- Welsh: Tsietsnia
- Western Frisian: Tsjetsjeenje
- Western Panjabi: چیچنیا
- Wu Chinese: 车臣共和国
- Yakut: Чечня
- Yiddish: טשעטשניע
- Yue Chinese: 車臣共和國
- Chechen-Ingush ASSR
- Checheno-Ingushetia
- Checheno-Ingushskaya ASSR
- Checheno-Ingushskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika
- Republiko Chechenia
- Siasnia
- Чеченская республика
- Шэшэн Республикэ
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Chechnya. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.