Administrative center selo of Kurchaloy Rural localities 20 Founded 1935 | rural administration 13 Area 505 km² | |
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Kurchaloyevsky District (Russian: Курчалоевский райо́н; Chechen: Курчалойн кӀошт) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 975 square kilometers (376 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kurchaloy. Population: 114,039 (2010 Census); 101,625 (2002 Census). The population of Kurchaloy accounts for 19.9% of the district's total population.
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Map of Kurchaloyevskiy r-n, Chechnya, Russia
Healthcare
State health facilities are represented by one central district hospital in Kurchaloy and two district hospitals in Tsotsin-Yurt and Alleroy.
Ethnography and notable people
The district is home to Aleroj Teip (associated with the selo of Alleroy), and is a birthplace of both former Chechen president Aslan Maskhadov and former Minister of Homeland Security Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev.