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{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality
|en_name = Ponezhukay
|ru_name = Понежукай
|loc_name1=Пэнэжьыкъуай
|loc_lang1=Adyghe
|coordinates    = {{coord|44|52|59|N|39|22|59|E|display=inline,title}}
|latNS=N
|map_label_position=bottom
|federal_subject=[[Republic of Adygea]]
}}

'''Ponezhukay''' ({{langx|ru|Понежукай}}; {{langx|ady|Пэнэжьыкъуай}} {{IPA|ady|panaʑəqʷaːj|}} ''Peneźyqwaj'') is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural locality]] (an ''[[aul]]'') and the [[administrative center]] of [[Teuchezhsky District]] of the [[Republic of Adygea]], [[Russia]], located on the [[Apchas River]] ([[Kuban River|Kuban]]'s [[drainage basin|basin]]) near [[Krasnodar Reservoir]], {{convert|80|km|sp=us}} north of [[Maykop]]. Population: 3,456 ([[Russian Census (2010)|2010 Census]]);<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> 3,388 ([[Russian Census (2002)|2002 Census]]).<ref name="2002Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}</ref>

There are no educational facilities above the level of [[secondary school]] in the ''aul''.

A hospital serving the entire district was built here in 2006. The majority of the construction expenses were funded with the personal money of the then-[[Head of the Republic of Adygea|President of the republic]] [[Hazret Sovmen]].<ref name="hospital">[http://www.governors.ru/?regmode=regions&region=0&razdel=tema&statja=10006 Governors.ru] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014732/http://www.governors.ru/?regmode=regions&region=0&razdel=tema&statja=10006 |date=September 27, 2007 }}.  25&nbsp;апреля президент Республики Адыгея Хазрет Совмен посетил аул Понежукай&nbsp;—административный центр Теучежского района. ''On April&nbsp;25 Hazret Sovmen, President of the Republic of Adygea, visited the ''aul'' of Ponezhukay—the administrative center of Teuchezhsky District''. {{in lang|ru}}</ref>

The [[landfill]] in Ponezhukay is located within the territory of the water protection zone (on the right slope of the [[Shunduk River]]), as well as in the vicinity of forests and [[agriculture|agricultural]] lands, and is considered to pose high ecological risk since the time of its opening in 2001.<ref name="landfill">{{lang|ru|С.&nbsp;А.&nbsp;Владимиров, А.&nbsp;О.&nbsp;Карчевский}}. [http://ej.kubagro.ru/2005/05/pdf/20.pdf Эколого-ландшафтный мониторинг полигонов твёрдых бытовых отходов в Республике Адыгея].  {{lang|ru|Кубанский Государственный Аграрный Университет}}. S.&nbsp;A.&nbsp;Vladimirov, A.&nbsp;O.&nbsp;Karchevsky.  ''Ecological and landscape monitoring of landfills in the Republic of Adygea''.  Kuban State Agrarian University (pdf) {{in lang|ru}}</ref>

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