Tsotsi-Yurt

Tsotsi-Yurt (Цоци-Юрт, Цоци-Эвла, Coci-Evla) is a village (selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.



Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Tsotsi-Yurt is incorporated as Tsotsi-Yurtovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it.

Geography
Tsotsi-Yurt is located on both banks of the Khulkhulau River. It is located 4.5 km north-west of the town of Kurchaloy and 25 km south-east of the city of Grozny.

The nearest settlements to Tsotsi-Yurt are Dzhalka and Novy Engenoy to the north, Ilaskhan-Yurt to the north-east, Geldagana to the south-east, Avtury to the south, Germenchuk to the south-west, Mesker-Yurt to the west, and the city of Argun to the north-west.

History
According to legend, the village of Tsotsi-Yurt was founded by a man named Tsotsa, a member of the Meskroy teip.

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Tsotsi-Yurt was renamed to Oktyabrskoye and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of Dagestan.

During the early 1990s, the village regained its old Chechen name, Tsotsi-Yurt.

Population

 * 2002 Census: 15,935
 * 2010 Census: 18,306
 * 2018 estimate: 20,317

According to the 2010 census, the majority of residents of Tsotsi-Yurt were ethnic Chechens.

Infrastructure
All of Tsotsi-Yurt is supplied by gas and water pipelines. It lies on the public transport route from Grozny to Kurchaloy.

The village has three schools,  several kindergartens and a clinic. There is a small agricultural and industrial economy in the village.