Ushcaloy

Ushcaloy (Чӏиннах, Уьш-Кхелли, Ç̇innax, Üş-Qelli) is a village in the Itum-Kalinsky District of the Chechen Republic. It is the administrative center of the Ushkaloiskiy rural settlement.

Geography
The village is located on both banks of the Argun River, at the confluence of the left tributary Dzumserk (Дзумсэрк), 5 km north-east of the regional center Itum-Kali.

The nearest settlements are: in the north, the village of Guchum-Kale (Гучум-Кале); in the southeast, the village of Bugaroy (Бугарой); in the southwest, the village of Konzhukhoi (Конжухой); and in the northwest, the village of Gukhoi (Гухой).

History
Ushcaloy is the ancestral village of teip Chinkhoy.

Population
The population of Ushcaloy was 304 in 1990, and rose to 535 in 2020.

Infrastructure
Ushcaloy is home to a rural mosque and Ushkaloiskaya municipal secondary school.