Argun, Chechen Republic

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Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Argun (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".), also known as Ustrada (Template:Langx, Ustrada-Ġala or Орга-ГӀала, Orga-Ġala) is a town in the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Argun River. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Ru-census2002 Template:Su-census1989 22,000 (1968).

In April 2017 the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta documented that Chechen authorities had set up so-called "gay concentration camps", within the town.[1]

Administrative and municipal status

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Entrance to Argun

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of republic significance of Argun—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Argun is incorporated as Argun Urban Okrug.[3]

Climate

Argun has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa).

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  2. Constitution of the Chechen Republic
  3. Law #15-RZ