Khattuni
Khattuni is a rural locality in Vedensky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Khattuni is incorporated as Khattuninskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.Geography
Khattuni is located on the left bank of the Khatuni River, a right tributary of the Dzhalka River. It is located north-west of the village of Vedeno.The nearest settlements to Khattuni are Elistanzhi in the south-east, Makhkety in the south-west, Tevzana in the west, and Agishty in the north-west.
Name
The name "Khottanye" translates roughly from Chechen as "swampy" or "muddy".History
In 1944, after the deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Khattuni was renamed to Konkhidatli, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Vedensky District of the Dagestan ASSR.In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Khottanye.
Population
- 2002 Census: 1,572
- 2010 Census: 2,626
- 2019 estimate: 2,828