Uchkeken

43°56′N 42°31′E / 43.933°N 42.517°E / 43.933; 42.517

Uchkeken (Russian: Учкекен; Karachay-Balkar: Ючкёкен, romanized: Üçköken, lit.'three bushes') is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Malokarachayevsky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. Population: 16,512 (2010 census); 15,052 (2002 census); 13,872 (1989 Soviet census).