{{Short description|Town in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia}} {{For|the exoplanet|HAT-P-3b}}
{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Teberda |ru_name=Теберда́ |other_name=Теберди |other_lang=Karachay-Balkar |image_skyline=Teberda.jpg |image_caption=View of Teberda |coordinates={{Coord|43|26|38|N|41|44|43|E|display=inline,title}} |federal_subject=Karachay–Cherkess Republic }} '''Teberda''' ({{langx|ru|Теберда́}}, {{langx|krc|Теберди}}, ''Teberdi'') is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Karachayevsk in the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia, located in the Caucasus Mountains {{convert|105|km|sp=us}} south of Cherkessk at the elevation of about {{convert|1280|m|sp=us}}. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=9,058|p2002=7,827|p1989=8,840}} The Teberda River flows through the town. It is the gateway to the Teberda Nature Reserve, an area is known for its natural environment and hiking trails.{{fact|date=July 2017}}
==History== It was founded in 1868 as a Karachay settlement, and was originally called '''Baychoralany-Kyabak'''. According to the 1926 census, it had a population of 909, 80.1% Karachay and 8.9% Russian.<ref name=cen1926>{{cite book|title=Поселенные итоги переписи 1926 г. по Северо-Кавказскому Краю|year=1929|location=Rostov-on-Don|publisher=Северо-Кавказское краевое статистическое управление, Отдел переписи|language=ru|page=424}}</ref>
During World War II, in 1942, hundreds of local Jews were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by Germans.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://yahadmap.org/#village/teberda-karachayevo-cherkessia-russia.1373 | title=Yahad - in Unum }}</ref>
From 1944 till 1957 Teberda was part of Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/national_archives_of_georgia/15889635133|title=Map of Georgian SSR, 1950.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/49749cbe32.html|title=World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Russian Federation : Karachay and Cherkess|last=Minority Rights Group International|date=May 2018}}</ref> Town status was granted in 1971.
==Demographics== In 2002, the population included:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/karachaevsk02.html|title=Карачаевская городская администрация 2002}}</ref> *Karachays (64.0%) *Russians (29.1%) *Ossetians (1.1%) *all other ethnicities comprising less than 1% of population each.
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Karachay–Cherkess Republic}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}
Category:Cities and towns in Karachay-Cherkessia Category:Holocaust locations in Russia Category:Populated places established in 1868