Ru Name: | Гудермес |
Loc Name1: | Гуьмсе, Гутӏермаӏас |
Loc Lang1: | Chechen |
Coordinates: | 43.35°N 52°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Federal Subject: | Chechen Republic |
Federal Subject Ref: | [1] |
Adm Data As Of: | May 2008 |
Adm City Jur: | town of republic significance of Gudermes |
Adm City Jur Ref: | [2] |
Adm Ctr Of1: | town of republic significance of Gudermes |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Gudermessky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun Data As Of: | August 2011 |
Mun District Jur: | Gudermessky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Gudermesskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Gudermessky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Gudermesskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 45631 |
Date: | October 2012 |
Gudermes (ru|Гудерме́с; ce|Гуьмсе, Gümse or Chechen: Гутӏермаӏас, Guthermajas) is a town in the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Sunzha River 36km (22miles) east of Grozny, the republic's capital. Population: 32,000 (1970).
Gudermes had rural locality status until 1941. Later, it became a railroad junction between Rostov-on-Don, Baku, Astrakhan, and Mozdok.
Gudermes has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfa) closely bordering a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) . Gudermes is one of the warmest places in Russia and has recorded one of Russia's highest temperatures, recording temperatures as high as 44C in July 1999.[3]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gudermes serves as the administrative center of Gudermessky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Gudermes—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Gudermes is incorporated within Gudermessky Municipal District as Gudermesskoye Urban Settlement.[4]
Gudermes is home to petroleum extraction industries.