title: Khattuni
text: # Khattuni
  
  42°58′49″N 45°56′15″E﻿ / ﻿42.98028°N 45.93750°E﻿ / 42.98028; 45.93750 Khattuni (Russian: Хаттуни, Chechen: Хоттане, Xottane) is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.
  
  ## Administrative and municipal status
  
  Municipally, Khattuni is incorporated as Khattuninskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Khattuni is located on the left bank of the Khatuni River, a right tributary of the Dzhalka River. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of the village of Vedeno.
  
  The nearest settlements to Khattuni are Elistanzhi in the south-east, Makhkety in the south-west, Tevzana in the west, and Agishty in the north-west.
  
  ## Name
  
  The name "Khottanye" translates roughly from Chechen as "swampy" or "muddy".
  
  ## History
  
  In 1944, after the deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Khattuni was renamed to Konkhidatli, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Vedensky District of the Dagestan ASSR.
  
  In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Khottanye.
  
  ## Population
  
  * 2002 Census: 1,572
  * 2010 Census: 2,626
  * 2019 estimate: 2,828
  
  According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Khattuni were ethnic Chechens.
  
  ## Infrastructure
  
  Khattuni hosts several important buildings, including a mosque and a high school.
  
  