The Mamkhegh or Mamheg ( or ; ) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag. Traditionally they lived in the territory between Belaja and Kurdžips Rivers, (territory of modern Majkop and environs in the Russian republics of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai). Due to the Caucasian War, the Mamkheghs were forced to leave their territories in the expulsion of the Circassians and most of the survivors left for the Ottoman Empire. The remaining ones took Russian citizenship and founded a village called Mamxeg, which survives today in the Shovgenovsky District of modern Adygea.