Argun, Chechen Republic
Argun
Аргун | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Chechen | Устрада |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Argun | |
Argun Location of Argun Argun Argun (Chechnya) | |
| Coordinates: 43°17′40″N 45°53′02″E / 43.29444°N 45.88389°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chechnya |
| Founded | 1819 |
| Area | |
• Total | 28 km2 (11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 116 m (381 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 29,525 |
• Estimate (2024) | 43,456 (+47.2%) |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | town of republic significance of Argun |
| • Capital of | town of republic significance of Argun |
| • Urban okrug | Argun Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Argun Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal codes | 366281–366287, 366310 |
| OKTMO ID | 96702000001 |
Argun (Russian: Аргу́н, pronounced [ɐrˈgun]), also known as Ustrada (Chechen: Устрада-ГӀала, Ustrada-Ġala or Орга-ГӀала, Orga-Ġala) is a town in the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Argun River. Population: 29,525 (2010 census); 25,698 (2002 census); 25,491 (1989 Soviet census); 22,000 (1968).
In April 2017 the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta documented that Chechen authorities had set up so-called "gay concentration camps", within the town.