Ust-Dzheguta (Russian: Усть-Джегута; Karachay-Balkar: Джёгетей Аягъы, Cögetey Ayağı; Abaza: Усть-Джьгваты; Kabardian: Жэгуэтэныпэ) is a town and the administrative center of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia, located north of the Caucasus Mountains on the right bank of the Kuban River 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) south of Cherkessk.

Population: 31,137 (2021 Census);[7] The dam here is the start of the Great Stavropol Canal.

It was founded in 1861 as the stanitsa of Dzhegutinskaya (Джегутинская) by the Cossacks.

[1] As a municipal division, the town of Ust-Dzheguta is incorporated within Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District as Ust-Dzhegutinskoye Urban Settlement.

[9]As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was:[10] Russian singer Dima Bilan was born here.