Southern Russia
North Caucasus
Ingushetia

Egikal

Egikal is a city-settlement in the of . It is part of the rural settlement of . Within its territory are numerous cultural monuments of ancient and medieval Ingush architecture: cyclopean tower-type dwellings, five combat towers, six semi-combat towers, and fifty residential towers.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Dwelling
  • Description: human settlement in Dzheyrakhsky District, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia
  • Also known as: “Egikkhal”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tkhaba-Yerdy Church and Leymi.

Church
Tkhaba-Yerdy is the ruins of the largest medieval Christian church in , . It is located deep in the Assin Gorge between the auls of Khairakh and Puy, , near the border with . is situated 3 km southeast of Egikal.

Dwelling
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a dwelling, which is situated 1½ km west of Egikal.

Dwelling
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a city-settlement in the of . It is part of the rural settlement of . The territory of the settlement is included in the Dzheyrakh-Assa State Historical-Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve and is under state protection. is situated 2 km east of Egikal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khamkhi and Ozig.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an ancient city-settlement in of . It is part of the rural settlement of Guli. On the territory of the city-settlement there is an architectural complex "Khamkhi", represented by many historical objects: megalithic cyclopean tower-type dwellings, 4 combat towers, 4 semi-combat and 16 residential towers, as well as 10 crypt burial grounds.

Locality
Photo: Ibrah, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality.

Egikal

Latitude
42.83275° or 42° 49′ 58″ north
Longitude
44.91577° or 44° 54′ 57″ east
Open location code
8HJ6RWM8+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2068367158
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­isolated_dwelling
Wiki­data ID
Q4529771
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Russian—“Egikal” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Egikhal”
  • Azerbaijani: “Eqikxal”
  • Chechen: “Эгикхал”
  • German: “Egikal”
  • German: “Egikchal”
  • Ingush: “Аьге-Кхала”
  • Ingush: “Аьгекхала”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Egikkhal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Egikkhal”
  • Ossetian: “Эгикал”
  • Russian: “Эгикхал”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Эгикхал and Эгикал.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Egikal”. Photo: Alex Svirkin, CC BY-SA 4.0.