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[[File:Въезд в Джалку.jpg|thumb|Entry to Dzhalka]]
'''Dzhalka''' ({{langx|ru|Джалка}}, {{langx|ce|Жалкх}},<ref>{{cite web |title=Ярташ |url=http://daymohk-gazet.ru/ry |website="Даймохк" газет |language=ru-RU}}</ref> ''Ƶalq'') is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural locality]] (a ''[[village#Russia|selo]]'') in [[Gudermessky District]], [[Chechnya]].
== Administrative and municipal status ==
Municipally, Dzhalka is incorporated as [[Dzhalkinskoye rural settlement]]. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.<ref>{{cite web |title=Сельское поселение Джалкинское (Чеченская Республика) |url=https://www.bankgorodov.com/settlement/djalkinskoe-selskoe-poselenie |website=www.bankgorodov.com}}</ref>
== Geography ==
[[File:Джалка карта.svg|thumb|Map of Gudermessky District with Dzhalka highlighted]]
Dzhalka is located on the right bank of the [[Argun River (Caucasus)|Argun River]]. It is {{convert|5|km|mi}} south-west of the city of [[Gudermes]] and {{convert|25|km|mi}} east of the city of [[Grozny]].
The nearest settlements to Dzhalka are [[Basa-Gala]] in the north-west, the city of [[Gudermes]] in the north-east, [[Novy Engenoy]] in the south-east, [[Tsotsi-Yurt]] in the south, and [[Mesker-Yurt]] in the south-west.<ref>{{cite web |title=Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн |url=http://1maps.ru/chechenskaya-respublika/ |website=1maps.ru}}</ref>
== History ==
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the [[Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Chechen-Ingush ASSR]] was abolished, the village of Dzhalka was renamed, and was settled by people from other ethnic groups.<ref>{{cite web |title=Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920-2000 годы) |url=https://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/2005/0211/analit01.php |website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref> From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of [[Grozny Oblast]].
In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Dzhalka.
== Population ==
* 1990 Census: 3,104<ref>{{cite web |title=Наши издания - Архивное управление Правительства Чеченской Республики |url=http://arhiv-chr.ru/deyatelnost/nashi-izdaniya/category/5-nashi-izdaniya |website=arhiv-chr.ru}}</ref>
* 2002 Census: 6,292<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kashnitsky |first1=Ilya |title=Municipality level Russian Census data 2002 and 2010 |url=https://osf.io/cskmu/ |language=en |doi=10.17605/OSF.IO/CSKMU |date=11 April 2017}}</ref>
* 2010 Census: 7,415<ref>{{cite web |title=ВПН-2010 |url=http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm |website=www.gks.ru}}</ref>
* 2020 estimate: 8,972
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Dzhalka (7,408 or 99,90%) were ethnic Chechens.
== Teips ==
Members of the following teips live in Dzhalka:
* Aitkalloy
* Allaroy
* Benoy
* Chermoy
* Gordaloy
* Kurchaloy
* Shirdy
* Zandakoy
== Education ==
The village of Dzhalka hosts two secondary schools.
== References ==
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[[Category:Rural localities in Gudermessky District]]