43°06′56″N 46°04′11″E / 43.11556°N 46.06972°E / 43.11556; 46.06972 Niki-Khita (Russian: Ники-Хита, Chechen: НикIи-ХитIа, Nikhi-Xitha)^[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Niki-Khita is incorporated into Regitinskoye rural settlement. It is one of four settlements included in it.^[2]

Geography

Map of Kurchaloyevsky District. Niki-Khita is in the Regita rural settlement

Niki-Khita is located in the upper reaches of the Bokh-Dzhaga River. It is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south-east of the town of Kurchaloy and 60 kilometres (37 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny.^[3]

The nearest settlements to Niki-Khita are Avtury in the north-west, Geldagana in the north, the city of Kurchaloy in the north-east, Dzhaglargi in the east, Marzoy-Mokhk and Regita in the south-east, and Serzhen-Yurt in the west.^[4]

History

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Niki-Khita was renamed and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.^[5] 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, Niki-Khita.^[6]

Population

• 1990 Census: 318^[7]
• 2002 Census: 320^[8]
• 2010 Census: 657^[9]
• 2019 estimate: ?

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Niki-Khita were ethnic Chechens.

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