Zakan-Yurt

Zakan-Yurt (Russian: Закан-Юрт, Chechen: Заки-Эвла, Zaki-Evla)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya.

The nearest settlements to Zakan-Yurt are Alkhan-Kala in the east, Khambi-Irze in the south-east, Shaami-Yurt in the south-west, and Samashki in the north-west.

The village was first founded in 1851 or 1853, according to different sources, with the name of Zakan-Yurtovskaya (from 1913-1924 - called Romanovskaya) as a part of the Sunzhensky Cossack line.

In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Zaki-Evla.

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Zakan-Yurt were ethnic Chechens.