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Chechnya Republic (republic) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 045 05 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 45.0830 decimal degrees |
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Note: The area, inhabited mainly by Sunni Muslims who speak the Caucasian language, was part of the Checheno-Igushetia republic after WW II until 1991, when the regions were split. The region tried to gain independence from the new Russian Federation in the mid-1990s. |
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| Chechnya (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Chechnya (Russian)
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| Chechenskaya Respublika (C,V,O,Russian-P)
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| Čečenskaja Respublika (C,V)
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| Chechenia-provisional (C,V)
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| Chechenia (C,V,Spanish)
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| Chechen-Ingush ASSR (C,U)
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| Checheno-Ingushetia (C,U)
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| Checheno-Ingushskaya ASSR (C,U)
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| Checheno-Ingushskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (C,U)
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| Chechnya Republic (C,U,English-P)
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| RS12 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Чеченская Республика (C,U,Russian)
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| Чечня (C,U,Russian)
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| Chechen Republic (C,U,English)
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| République de Tchétchénie (C,U,French)
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| Tjetjenien (C,U,Swedish)
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| Tschetschenien (C,U,German)
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| Tšetšenia (C,U,Finnish)
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| Нохчийчоь (C,U,Chechen)
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| Checheno (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| republic (preferred, C) |
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was part of amalgamation of Chechen & Ingush autonomous oblasts during most of 20th cen. |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| historical connection .... |
Ingushetiya Republic .......... (former administrative division) |
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(World, Asia, Russia) [8711670] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Checheno-Ingushskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 569665 |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2896483-2896483 |
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