Uchkeken

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Uchkeken

Uchkeken (Russian: Учкекен; Karachay-Balkar: Ючкёкен, romanized: Üçköken, lit. 'three bushes') is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Malokarachayevsky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. Population: 16,512 (2010 census);^[1] 15,052 (2002 census);^[2] 13,872 (1989 Soviet census).^[3]

Demographics

In 2002, the main ethnic groups were:^[4]

• Karachays: 91.6%
• Russians: 3.9%

Notable people

Zuhra Bayramkulova - Hero of Socialist Labour has a street named after her in Uchkeken.^[5]