43°06′15″N 46°10′08″E / 43.10417°N 46.16889°E / 43.10417; 46.16889 Belty (Russian: Бельты, Chechen: Белта,^[1] Belta) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status[edit]

Municipally, Belty is incorporated into Yalkhoy-Mokhkskoye rural settlement. It is one of three settlements included in it.^[2]

Geography[edit]

Belty is located on the left bank of the Gums River. It is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south-east of Kurchaloy and 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny.

The nearest settlements to Belty are Akhkinchu-Borzoy in the north-east, Yalkhoy-Mokhk in the east, Koren-Benoy in the south-west, and Khidi-Khutor in the west.^[3]

History[edit]

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Belty was renamed to Sagada,^[4] and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of Dagestan.^[5]

In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Belta.^[6]

Population[edit]

• 2010 Census: 943^[7]
• 2019 estimate: ?

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Belta were ethnic Chechens.

Education[edit]

Belty hosts one secondary school.^[8]

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