title: Uchkeken
text: # Uchkeken
  
  43°56′N 42°31′E﻿ / ﻿43.933°N 42.517°E﻿ / 43.933; 42.517
  
  Uchkeken (Russian: Учкекен; Karachay-Balkar: Ючкёкен, Yuçköken) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Malokarachayevsky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. Population: 16,512 (2010 Census); 15,052 (2002 Census); 13,872 (1989 Census).
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In 2002, the main ethnic groups were:
  
  * Karachays: 91.6%
  * Russians: 3.9%
  
  ### Notable People
  
  Zuhra Bayramkulova - Hero of Socialist Labour has a street named after her in Uchkeken.
  
  