Zelenchuksky District
Зеленчукский район
Other transcription(s)
 • Karachay-BalkarЗеленчук район
A waterfall near the selo of Arkhyz in Zelenchuksky District
A waterfall near the selo of Arkhyz in Zelenchuksky District
Flag of Zelenchuksky District
Coat of arms of Zelenchuksky District
Map
Location of Zelenchuksky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Coordinates: 43°51′N 41°36′E / 43.850°N 41.600°E / 43.850; 41.600
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKarachay-Cherkess Republic[1]
Established1922Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerZelenchukskaya[1]
Area
 • Total2,931 km2 (1,132 sq mi)
Population
 • Total51,780
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
48,343 (−6.6%)
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Inhabited localities[1]17 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asZelenchuksky Municipal District[4]
 • Municipal divisions[4]0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
OKTMO ID91610000
Websitehttp://zelenchukadmin.ru
Population of Zelenchuksky District
2010 Census51,780[2]
2002 Census53,414[6]
1989 Census52,692[7]
1979 Census51,865[8]

Zelenchuksky District (Russian: Зеленчу́кский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Зеленчук район, Zelençuk rayon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the republic. The area of the district is 2,931 square kilometers (1,132 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Zelenchukskaya.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 51,780, with the population of Zelenchukskaya accounting for 37.6% of that number.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zelenchuksky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its seventeen rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zelenchuksky Municipal District.[4] Its seventeen rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The stanitsa of Zelenchukskaya serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] district.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Law #84-RZ
  2. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Law #43-RZ
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  7. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.

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