[1] They lived between the lower flows of the Belaya and Laba Rivers and their lands extended north to the Kuban.

After the end of the Caucasian War, most Temirgoys resettled in other Circassian villages (e.g. Bzhedugii, Kabarda, Urupskiy), as well as in Turkey and in other parts of the Middle East.

In Turkey, the majority of the population of the village Hadzhimukohabl (now Dondukovskaya) are Temirgoy.

They cultivated cattle breeding and agriculture: millet, corn, wheat, rye and sunflower.

The most important family of princely origin was Bolotoko, which at some point controlled Temirgoy, Yegeruko and Mamheg tribes.