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Where is Chechnya? Capital, map, population and facts
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Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is one of the republics that make up the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus; it is not an independent state. Its capital is Grozny. Rosstat estimated its population at 1,576,552 on 1 January 2025. Chechen and Russian are official languages. Sunni Islam is the predominant tradition among Chechens, but no precise share is stated because no current official percentage is available.
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Chechnya at a glance
Population data: 1 January 2025Page checked: 01.09.2026
Between the northern Greater Caucasus slopes and the Terek plain.
Rosstat estimate · 1 January 2025
No precise share is stated because no current official percentage is available.
An ornamented white band appears at the hoist.
Rosstat 2025 yearbook
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Chechnya at a glance
Status, population, capital and language are different fields; read each row with its own source and date.
| Field | Short answer | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| STATUS | Republic within the Russian Federation | Distinguishes an independent state from an administrative republic. 1 |
| CAPITAL | Grozny | The starting point connecting the country hub to the city guides. 1 |
| POPULATION | 1,576,552 | Rosstat estimate dated 1 January 2025. 2 |
| LANGUAGES | Chechen and Russian | Official-language status is not a measure of ethnicity or home use. 3 |
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Where is Chechnya? Capital, map, population and facts
01Map of Chechnya: cities, mountains and routes
A map hub with ten source-linked cities and regions, three filters, guide links, coordinates and GeoJSON access.
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02Chechnya in historical maps and place names: a source-reading atlas
Learn to read date, scale, legend, place-name and boundary layers across Ottoman Turkish, Russian and English map records.
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04Chechnya's flag and its meaning
Separate the official design and colours from popular interpretations.
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Separate map date, transliteration and modern-boundary inference.
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The most common questions about Chechnya
01What is Chechnya?+
Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a republic and federal subject of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus.
02Is Chechnya a country?+
Chechnya is not an independent country. Its current legal and administrative status is a republic and federal subject within the Russian Federation. The name Chechnya is also used for the region, its people and culture.
03Is Chechnya independent today?+
No. Under the current constitutional and administrative arrangement, it is not an independent sovereign state; it is the Chechen Republic, one of the federal subjects of the Russian Federation.
04Where is Chechnya?+
It lies in the North Caucasus, between the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus and the Terek plain.
05What is the capital of Chechnya?+
Its capital is Grozny.
06What is Chechnya's population?+
Rosstat estimated 1,576,552 residents on 1 January 2025. This is a dated estimate and should be updated when a newer official figure appears.
07What is the main religious tradition in Chechnya?+
The Chechen Republic has no official religion; the Russian Federation is constitutionally secular. Sunni Islam is the predominant tradition among the Chechen people. No precise current share is available from official population data.
08Is Chechnya Muslim?+
Not every resident of a region can be assigned the same faith. Most Chechens are Muslim and Sunni Islam is the predominant tradition, but we do not state a precise share because no current official religion percentage is available.
09Which languages are spoken in Chechnya?+
Chechen and Russian are the official languages. Place names can appear in Cyrillic and several Latin transliterations.
10What does Chechnya's flag look like?+
The current flag of the Chechen Republic has horizontal green, white and red bands, plus a vertical white band at the hoist with traditional ornament. Because symbolic interpretations of the colours vary by source, we distinguish the official description from popular readings.
11What are the currency and time zone?+
The currency is the Russian rouble (RUB), and the time zone is MSK/UTC+3.
Institutional and primary sources
Rosstat Chechen Republic — Statistical Yearbook 2025↗Federation Council — Chechen Republic profile↗Chechen Republic — Law on Languages↗Central Bank of Russia — Cash circulation↗Federal time-zone law — MSK (UTC+3)↗Russian Federation Constitution — Article 14 (secular state)↗Russian Federation Constitution — Article 65 (federal subjects)↗Chechen Republic Parliament — Flag law↗Minority Rights Group — Chechens↗