Chechnya
Not to be confused with Czech Republic. Chechen Republic Чеченская Республика (Russian) Нохчийн Республика (Chechen) — Republic — Flag Coat of arms Anthem: Shatlak's Song [1] Coordinates: 43°24′N 45°43′E / 43.400°N 45.717°E / 43.400; 45.717 Coordinates: 43°24′N 45°43′E / 43.400°N 45.717°E / 43.400; 45.717 Political status Country Russia Federal district North Caucasian [2] Economic region North Caucasus [3] Established January 10, 1993 [4] Capital Grozny [5] Government (as of January 2015) • Head [7] Ramzan Kadyrov [6] • Legislature Parliament [7] Statistics Area (as of the 2002 Census) [8] • Total 17,300 km 2 (6,700 sq mi) Area rank 75th • Urban 32.1% Population (January 2016 est.) • Total 1,395,678 [9] Time zone(s) MSK (UTC+03:00) [10] ISO 3166-2 RU-CE License plates 95 Official languages Russian; [11] Chechen [12] Official website The Chechen Republic ( / ˈ tʃ ɛ tʃ ɪ n / ; Russian: Чече́нская Респу́блика , tr. Chechenskaya Respublika , IPA: [tɕɪˈ...