| En Name: | Ust-Dzheguta |
| Ru Name: | Усть-Джегута |
| Loc Name1: | Джёгетей Аягъы |
| Loc Lang1: | Karachay-Balkar |
| Loc Name2: | Усть-Джьгваты |
| Loc Lang2: | Abaz |
| Loc Name3: | Жэгуэтэныпэ |
| Loc Lang3: | aKabardian |
| Coordinates: | 44.0872°N 41.9733°W |
| Map Label Position: | bottom |
| Federal Subject: | Karachay-Cherkess Republic |
| Adm District Jur: | Ust-Dzhegutinsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of: | Ust-Dzhegutinsky District |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun District Jur: | Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Ust-Dzhegutinskoye Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Ust-Dzhegutinskoye Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 30566 |
| Established Date: | 1861 |
| Current Cat Date: | 1975 |
| Prev Name1: | Dzhegutinskaya |
| Website: | http://u-dzheguta.ru/ |
Ust-Dzheguta (Russian: Усть-Джегута; Karachay-Balkar: Джёгетей Аягъы, Cögetey Ayağı; Abaza: Усть-Джьгваты; Kabardian: Kabardian: Жэгуэтэныпэ) is a town and the administrative center of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia, located north of the Caucasus Mountains on the right bank of the Kuban River 15km (09miles) south of Cherkessk. Population: The dam here is the start of the Great Stavropol Canal.
It was founded in 1861 as the stanitsa of Dzhegutinskaya (Russian: Джегутинская) by the Cossacks.[1] Town status was granted to it in 1975.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ust-Dzheguta serves as the administrative center of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District, of which it is a part.[2] As a municipal division, the town of Ust-Dzheguta is incorporated within Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District as Ust-Dzhegutinskoye Urban Settlement.[3]
Population:
As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was:[4]
58.9%
30.3%
5.0%
2.0%
Russian singer Dima Bilan was born here.