Ushcaloy (Chechen: Чӏиннах,[3] Уьш-Кхелли, Ç̇innax, Üş-Qelli) is a village in the Itum-Kalinsky District of the Chechen Republic. It is the administrative center of the Ushkaloiskiy rural settlement.[4]
Ushcaloy
Ушкалой | |
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village | |
Location of Ushcaloy ![]() | |
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| Coordinates: 42.781115°N 45.608557°E / 42.781115; 45.608557 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chechnya |
| Administrative district | Itum-Kalinsky district |
| Government | |
| • Leader | Azimov Abu Said |
| Elevation | 732 m (2,402 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2020) | 535 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| Postal code(s)[2] | 366403 |
| OKTMO ID | 96611428101 |

The village is located on both banks of the Argun River, at the confluence of the left tributary Dzumserk (Дзумсэрк), 5 km north-east of the regional center Itum-Kali.
The nearest settlements are: in the north, the village of Guchum-Kale (Гучум-Кале); in the southeast, the village of Bugaroy (Бугарой); in the southwest, the village of Konzhukhoi (Конжухой); and in the northwest, the village of Gukhoi (Гухой).[5]
Ushcaloy is the ancestral village of teip Chinkhoy.
The population of Ushcaloy was 304 in 1990,[6] and rose to 535 in 2020.[7]
Ushcaloy is home to a rural mosque[8] and Ushkaloiskaya municipal secondary school.