title: Chekmagush
text: # Chekmagush
  
  Chekmagush (Russian: Чекмагу́ш; Bashkir: Саҡмағош, Saqmağoş) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Chekmagushevsky District in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 11,382.
  
  ## History
  
  It was first attested in 1765 and named after a hydronym.
  
  