Chechen-Aul[a] is a rural locality (a selo) in Argun urban okrug of the Republic of Chechnya, Russia, located on the left bank of the Argun River near Grozny.
The village of Elikhanov and Sheikh Iznaura are located to the Northwest of Chechen–Aul, the village Berdykel to the Northeast, Belgatoy to the East, Novye Atagi and Starye Atagi to the South and Goyty to the Southwest.
According to Chechen legends, a man named Chainak, who came from the Ichkerian village Gunoy, raided the Shamkhalate of Tarki and captured and married Checha, the daughter of the local ruler (called Shamkhal).
After the death of Chainak, she and her sons left the mountains of Gunoy and moved to the plain, where, between the Sunzha and Argun Rivers, they founded a farm, which they named Chechana.
The name later changed to Chechan–Aul/Chechen–Aul, with "Aul" meaning a town or fortified village.